ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,396, issued on Aug. 19.

"Personal use container" was invented by Sassan Kaveh (Las Vegas), Daniel Kiarash Kaveh (Las Vegas) and Ashton Ashkan Kaveh (Las Vegas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A personal use container, such as for containing and transporting pills, has a base which is configured to engage a cap, where the base and cap both have open and closed ends and when engaged, define a closed interior of the container. The cap and base may include inter-engaging members, such as a rib and groove, to retain them in their connected position. The container may have at least one flat side surface and a flat end surface to permit posit...