ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,345, issued on May 26, was assigned to Heineken Supply Chain B.V. (Amsterdam).
"Coupler device" was invented by Arie Maarten Paauwe (Amsterdam) and Peter Henri Samuel Wigman (Amsterdam).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupler device is arranged for bringing in fluid communication a beverage chamber of a beverage container and a beverage dispensing line. The coupler device comprises a housing with a coupling organ arranged for detachably coupling the housing to the beverage container. A beverage channel extends through the housing between a beverage inlet and a beverage outlet, the beverage inlet configured for connecting a first dispe...