ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,420, issued on Sept. 1.
"Self-adjusting clenching device for toting a beverage bottle of a personal size" was invented by Michael Owen Baldi (Walpole, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A centrally loaded self-adjusting positive-hold stowable semirigid framework which both supports and clench's the necks of ubiquitous beverage bottles of a personal size regardless of their varying neck diameters, thereby providing an end user with a reusable, convenient, field friendly, hands-free toting device of universal application for enjoying an unencumbered toting experience with the added benefit of promoting a higher degree of socially res...