ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,875, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to MADFUNCTIONAL LLC (Flagstaff, Ariz.).

"Liquid collection system" was invented by Michelle Alane Cathey (Flagstaff, Ariz.) and Edward Shaw (Flagstaff, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water collection system includes a container prop that is configured to extend across a liquid container opening of a liquid container and retain the liquid container to the container prop and also is configured to detachably attach to an elongated member, such as a hiking pole to enable extending the hiking pole out into a body of water to submerge the liquid container opening to collect water from the bod...