ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,331, issued on Nov. 3.
"Device for securing vessel with non-circular base, related arrangement and game" was invented by Chesterfield Seibert (Albany, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various implementations include vessel securing devices. In a particular implementation, a device for securing a vessel includes: a body having an upper surface with a recess therein, the recess having a non-circular shape and including at least one retention feature for securing a vessel having a non-circular base; and at least one mating feature along a periphery of the body for joining the device with a second device for securing a second vessel."...