US Patent Issued on June 23 for "Wine glass cover device" (Missouri Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,952, issued on June 23.

"Wine glass cover device" was invented by Brett Dicus (Boonville, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wine glass cover device for automatically opening and closing a wine glass includes a sleeve comprised of a resiliently stretchable material thereby enabling the sleeve to be positioned around the wine glass. A lid is pivotally disposed on the sleeve and the lid is biased into a closed position to inhibit insects from entering the wine glass. The lid is urgeable into an open position to enable the user to drink from the wine glass. An opening mechanism is movably attached to the sleeve and is in mechanical co...