US Patent Issued to MUNCHKIN on June 9 for "Drinking container with multi-position valve" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,612, issued on June 9, was assigned to MUNCHKIN INC. (Van Nuys, Calif.).

"Drinking container with multi-position valve" was invented by Lucy Hui (Los Angeles) and Sung Yun Chan (Pasadena, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present technology discloses a multi-position valve for use with a container. The valve can have a frustoconical structure having apertures thereon, and a concentric flap attached to the frustoconical structure by a hinge, wherein the concentric flap pivots from a first closed position to a second open position. When the concentric flap of the interior valve is in the first closed position, the concentric fla...