{"id":5434,"date":"2026-08-11T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/?p=5434"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:48:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T00:48:28","slug":"august-11-2026-patent-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/?p=5434","title":{"rendered":"August 11, 2026, Patent of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On August 11, 2020, U.S. Patent No. D892,443 issued to Sean Smith on a Beverage Helmet:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-17.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"782\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-17.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-17.png 580w, 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