ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,329, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Beverage container cover assembly" was invented by Joshua D. Schneider (Grayslake, Ill.), Evan Maverick James Quiros (Houston) and George Barton (Mequon, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A beverage container cover assembly is provided that is configured to enclose a beverage within a beverage container. The beverage container cover assembly includes a lid, a lid cover, and one or more magnetically-interfacing elements that bias the lid and lid cover with respect to each other. The beverage container cover assembly includes a biasing interface ...