ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,271, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Heenoor Co. Ltd (Nantong, China).

"Outdoor water cup" was invented by Yuanjijia Zhang (Nantong, China), Poquan Chen (Nantong, China), Wenfeng Wu (Nantong, China) and Qian Chen (Nantong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application discloses an outdoor water cup, including a base, a cup body, and a cup lid, the cup body is located on the base, a sliding ring is slidably provided on the cup body, a plurality of protective frames are rotatably provided on a side wall of the sliding ring, a linkage rod is provided between the protective frame and the base, a tension spring is provided...