ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,523, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Berry Global Inc. (Evansville, Ind.).
"Drink cup lid" was invented by David Y. O'Nan (Henderson, Ky.), David C. Arnold (Evansville, Ind.) and Douglas E. Klueh (Evansville, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drink cup lid includes a ring-shaped brim mount adapted to mate with a brim of a drink cup and a central closure surrounded by the ring-shaped brim mount and including an annular top wall formed to include a top aperture and an adjacent liquid-discharge outlet. The drink cup lid further includes an outlet closure configured to close the liquid-discharge outlet."
The patent was filed on J...