ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,047, issued on July 28, was assigned to SHAKESPHERE PRODUCTS Ltd. (Salford, Great Britain).
"Cup having a rotatable handle" was invented by Richard Beardsell (Salford, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cup with a rotating handle includes a cup body, a handle, the upper end of which rotates and is connected with the side of the cup body, and a limiting mechanism, wherein the handle and the cup body are connected. The limiting mechanism configured such that when the handle rotates upward to a first angular position, it is limited thereto, and when the handle rotates downward to a second angular position, it is also limited...