US Patent Issued to air up group on July 28 for "Drinking device" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,706, issued on July 28, was assigned to air up group GmbH (Munich).

"Drinking device" was invented by Tim Jager (Munich), Magdalena Jungst (Munich), Jannis Koppitz (Munich) and Fabian Schlang (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drinking device for the retronasal perception of an aroma substance comprises a storage container for drinking liquid, at least one aroma container, through which air can flow, and a transporting channel for drinking liquid. The transporting channel runs from the storage container to a mouth end of the drinking device. The drinking device also comprises an air channel for transporting aromatized air. The ...