ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,666, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Brumate LLC (Denver).

"Keyed straw assembly with dual-engagement architecture" was invented by Dylan M. Jacob (Denver) and Jordan Westerberg (Denver).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A keyed straw assembly for a beverage container lid comprises a straw extending from a sleeve, a first straw tab and a second straw tab extending from the sleeve, wherein the first straw tab and the second straw tab are angularly offset from one another, and wherein the first straw tab and the second straw tab are configured to create a moment arm that counteracts bending moments applied to the keyed straw assembly du...