ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,082, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to DOLPHIN Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Tumbler cleaner" was invented by Tae Hun Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Tae Jun Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tumbler cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a housing; a door coupled to a front opening of the housing; a bracket attached to an inner side of the door; a cleaning unit coupled to the bracket and cleaning each of a cup and a lid of a tumbler; and one or more nozzles disposed in at least one of an upper portion and lower portion of the housing to spray washing water and r...