ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,147, issued on Oct. 27.

"Modular beverage container assembly" was invented by Harutyun Mkrtchyan (Las Vegas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular beverage container assembly is an apparatus designed to store beverage ingredients separate from each other in the same structure. The apparatus includes a drinking lid, a solvent receptacle, a dispensing cap, a solute container, a lid-interlocking snap feature, a receptacle-interlocking snap feature, a cap-interlocking snap feature, and a container-interlocking snap feature. The drinking lid enables the consumption of the desired beverage. The solvent receptacle retains the liquid base ...