ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,964, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to YETI Coolers LLC (Austin, Texas).
"Portable cooler with active temperature control" was invented by Clayton Alexander (Westlake Village, Calif.), Daren John Leith (Agoura Hills, Calif.), Mikko Juhani Timperi (San Marcos, Calif.), Christopher Thomas Wakeham (Solana Beach, Calif.), Jacob William Emmert (Westchester, Calif.), Joseph Lyle Koch (Anaheim, Calif.), Frank Victor Baumann (San Diego), Clifton Texas Lin (San Diego), Farzam Roknaldin (Coto De Caza, Calif.) and Mark Channing Stabb (Solana Beach, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable cooler container with active temperature contr...