ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,479, issued on Feb. 10.
"Container with support and fixation for a lid" was invented by Frederic Geiger (Lorrach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a storage box with a base body, having side walls, a cover, especially a lid, and a fastening device for the cover, wherein the fastening device has at least one elastic tension element, wherein the cover can be fixed relative to the storage box by means of the tension element and wherein the elastic tension element is guided in sections on an inside of the side walls and thereby provides an internal support for the cover on the storage box."
The pat...