US Patent Issued to United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs on March 24 for "Self-righting hydration cup holder" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,253, issued on March 24, was assigned to United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington).

"Self-righting hydration cup holder" was invented by Cheryl L. Colantonio (Tampa, Fla.) and Brian W. Burkhardt (Tampa, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly can be configured to couple to an attachment structure. The assembly can comprise a cup holder having a top opening and defining an interior that is configured to receive and hold at least a portion of a cup. A bracket can be pivotably coupled to the cup holder about a horizontal axis so that the top opening faces upwardly. The bracket ca...