US Patent Issued to YETI Coolers on Aug. 11 for "Insulating device" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,306, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to YETI Coolers LLC (Austin, Texas).

"Insulating device" was invented by James William Sonntag (Austin, Texas) and Scott Barbieri (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insulating device may include a body comprising an outer shell, an insulating layer and aerogel structure adjacent to the outer shell, and an inner liner secured to the outer shell. The aerogel structure may comprise skiving features that extend from a surface of the aerogel structure to a mid-point width of the aerogel structure and may be configured to facilitate folding of the aerogel structure."

The patent was filed ...