ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,286, issued on May 5.
"Augmented-capacity container" was invented by Clarissa Alison Cuevas (El Segundo, Calif.) and Carlos Cuevas (El Segundo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure are directed to an augmented-capability container. In accordance with one aspect, the disclosure includes a housing; a space within the housing for holding a user content; a weighing system for measuring a weight value of the user content; a floor panel within the housing, wherein the placement of the floor panel determines a first area dimension for the space and a second area dimension for housing the weighing system; one or more...