ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,333, issued on Feb. 18.
"Illusion container assembly and method" was invented by Mike Freirich (Klamath Falls, Ore.) and Shelley Freirich (Klamath Falls, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A illusion container assembly and method for hiding at least one object using a false bottom includes a box having a bottom wall and a perimeter edge. A perimeter wall is coupled to the perimeter edge and extends upwardly from the bottom wall. A top edge of the perimeter wall defines an opening into an interior space of the box. A lid is removably mounted to the opening of the box, thus the lid removably encloses the interior space of the box. A p...