ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,511, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SEALVINO (Incheon, South Korea).

"Easy-to-open and close beverage container cap and beverage apparatus equipped with it" was invented by Jeong Jun Kim (Gwacheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a cap equipped on beverage containers. Specifically, the invention pertains to a cap attached to the top of a container storing beverages or food items, including a lower cap, a beverage tube, and an upper cap. The upper cap applies pressure to the beverage tube depending on its degree of rotation, enabling the opening and closing of the container."

The paten...