ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,177, issued on July 29.
"Locking medication container apparatus" was invented by Satish Poddar (Duluth, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medication dispenser having an inner container disposed therein configured to securely secure a medication, the inner container having a bottom disposed therein, a cone having a sloped surface extending upward from the bottom of the inner container, wherein the cone has a opening defined therein and wherein the cone is stationary with respect to the inner container, a rotatable assembly cooperatively connected to base of the inner container, the rotatable assembly having an opening defined there...