ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,049, issued on May 20, was assigned to humangear inc. (San Francisco).
"Straw" was invented by Christopher A. Miksovsky (Bend, Ore.) and Scott D. Cook (Oakland, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A straw composed of first and second straw body elements that are pivotally coupled at a first longitudinal end of the straw is described. The straw body elements can be pivoted between a stable drinking position in which a longitudinally sealed channel is formed between the straw body elements, and a splayed position suitable for washing internal channel wall portions of the straw body elements."
The patent was filed on Dec. 13, 2021, u...