ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,291, issued on Jan. 27.
"Nesting container with integrated receptacle" was invented by Stephen Marston Maddox (Nashville, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a container apparatus. The apparatus may include a container body. The container body may include a top, a bottom, and sidewalls spanning between the top and the bottom. The bottom and sidewalls may form an interior face and an exterior face, such that an enclosure is formed by the interior face. The apparatus may further include an inner ridge and a receptacle. The inner ridge may be defined on the interior face at the bottom. The receptacle may...