ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,782, issued on June 2, was assigned to Kraus USA Plumbing LLC (Port Washington, N.Y.).
"Beverage cooler" was invented by Serhiy Torak (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Todd Alexander (Hollis, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A beverage cooler that includes a housing defining an interior space adapted to hold a beverage container; a refrigeration system for cooling the interior space of the housing; and at least one opening in a sidewall panel for receiving a conveyance therethrough whereby the conveyance is connectable to the beverage container and a dispensing unit located remote from the beverage cooler. The beverage cooler may have exterior ...