US Patent Issued to PACTIV on Sept. 29 for "Strawless drinking lid for a container" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,070, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to PACTIV LLC (Lake Forest, Ill.).

"Strawless drinking lid for a container" was invented by Frank A Petlak (Antioch, Ill.), Jeff Hautzinger (Chicago), Mark R. Gartz (Mt. Prospect, Ill.) and Sam T. Baricovich (Lisle, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Strawless drinking lid for a container, having a mounting portion defining an outer perimeter, and a perimeter wall disposed inwardly from the mounting portion. The perimeter wall extends upwardly relative the mounting portion and has an outer surface facing the mounting portion and an inner surface opposite the outer surface. The strawless drinkin...