ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,747, issued on March 31, was assigned to YETI Coolers LLC (Austin, Texas).

"Holder for container" was invented by John W. Dow (Austin, Texas) and Derek G. Sullivan (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container holder may include an inner liner, an outer shell, and an intermediate layer in between the inner liner and the outer shell. The inner liner may provide an inner wall. And the inner wall may include a cavity for receiving a container. The container holder can define a first portion and a second portion. The first portion may follow a curved profile and the second portion may follow a flat profile such that a cross-...