US Patent Issued to Bomber Brands on March 24 for "Dual functioning straw and drink spout" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,651, issued on March 24, was assigned to Bomber Brands Inc. (Sherwood Park, Canada).

"Dual functioning straw and drink spout" was invented by Matthew Edward Bruins (Medicine Hat, Canada), Dillon Cody Rosenau (Leduc County, Canada), Patrick Chase Cooper (Leduc County, Canada) and Kyle Charles McKinney (Sherwood Park, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A beverage drinking apparatus has a container, a spout, a straw and a cap, and allows the user a choice of drinking method. When the user turns the cap in a first direction, the straw extends from spout for the user to drink from. When the user turns the cap in a second direction, th...