ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,131, issued on Aug. 4.
"Container and stand system" was invented by James Kelly (Albany, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container system for use on a horizontal surface, such as a floor, includes a container that has a bottom, at least one peripheral side, and an open top end. The at least one peripheral side projects upwardly from a perimeter of the bottom and terminates at a top edge. A stand has a top, at least one peripheral side, and an open bottom end. The at least one peripheral side projects downwardly from a perimeter of the top and terminates at a bottom edge. The open bottom end of the stand, when the stand is invert...