ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,666, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to 1000245527 ONTARIO INC. (Mississauga, Canada).

"Handle" was invented by Mark-Pierre Rizk (Mississauga, Canada), Yves E. Rizk (Mississauga, Canada), Freddy Guirguis (Mississauga, Canada) and Sham Sharma (Saint John, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example of an apparatus to allow a user to support a can is provided. The apparatus includes an elongated body to engage with a hand of a user. In addition, the apparatus includes a connection mechanism disposed on a first end of the elongated body. The connection mechanism is to engage a rim of a can. Furthermore, the apparatus includes a bas...