US Patent Issued to THE COCA-COLA on Sept. 15 for "Self-contained and demand-adaptable warmer for storing, heating, and holding ready-to-drink beverages" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,121, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to THE COCA-COLA COMPANY (Atlanta).

"Self-contained and demand-adaptable warmer for storing, heating, and holding ready-to-drink beverages" was invented by Marcus Hammonds (Chamblee, Ga.), Michael Winterhalter (Nokomis, Fla.), Philip Fawcus (Cambridgeshire, Great Britain), Paul Edward May (Attleborough, Great Britain) and Julian Brandon-Jones (Cambridgeshire, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A beverage warmer comprises a plurality of product shelves, where each product shelf has a plurality of product lanes. Each product lane has an ambient area, a heating area, and a serving area. A...