US Patent Issued to ColdSnap on Sept. 1 for "Rapidly cooling food and drinks" (Massachusetts, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,361, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to ColdSnap Corp. (Billerica, Mass.).

"Rapidly cooling food and drinks" was invented by John Heymans (Hampstead, N.H.) and Dong Hua (Newton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some pods include a body having a sidewall that extends from a first end of the body to a second end of the body to define an interior of the pod. The pod contains ingredients disposed within the interior of the pod for producing a single serving of a cooled food or drink. The pod includes a base attached to the first end of the pod. The base includes a rim with at least one radially-inward facing detent. At least a portio...