ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,272, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to HydraPak LLC (Oakland, Calif.).
"Personal hydration systems" was invented by Kevin Somarriba (Hayward, Calif.) and Gordon Chesebro (Oakland, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Personal hydration systems (10) comprise a reservoir assembly (11) that comprises a flexible bladder (12) that defines an internal compartment (14) for holding a volume of drink liquid (16); a fill port assembly (18) coupled to the flexible bladder (12) and defining an opening (20) to the internal compartment (14); and an exit port (22) coupled to the flexible bladder (12)."
The patent was filed on May 31, 2023, under A...