ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,260, issued on May 26.
"Cup lid and method of using same" was invented by Isaac William Ferniany (Birmingham, Ala.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lid for a cup that includes a top cover, a first continuous sidewall, a curved, second continuous sidewall that forms an annular groove, a third sidewall that terminates to form a rim, and a plurality of ridges. The plurality of ridges are arranged circumferentially on and protruding radially inwardly from an inner surface of the third continuous sidewall. Each ridge of the plurality of ridges includes a first end adjacent to the annular groove, a second end arranged adjacent to the rim, a...