ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,281, issued on March 3.

"Stackable space saving system and method of use" was invented by James Richard Platt (Manor, Pa.) and Rebecca Lynn Nesbitt (Manor, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a plurality of stackable, space saving system of bowls which may form a three-or four-tiered tower of bowls that are stably locked upright in place using a twist and lock mechanism located on each of the bowls. The bowls are stackable due to having sdifferent-sized, molded, elongated elliptical members that telescopically fit one into the other so that the tower is collapsible into a compact, space-saving configurat...