ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,524, issued on April 14, was assigned to VERALLIA PACKAGING SAS (Courbevole, France).
"Drink container and method of making and using same" was invented by Juergen Mayer (Bad Waldsee, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container body has a lower body part and an upper body part separated by a visible marking. The lower part only is filled with a body of a liquid substantially up to the marking while leaving the upper part liquid-free and the upper part is closed by a cap. For subsequent consumption of the liquid, the cap is removed and then an additive fluid is added to the liquid in the body an additive and mixed therewith be...