ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,774, issued on July 8.
"Storage container" was invented by Sang-Hoon Kim (Incheon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Proposed is a storage container configured such that, depending on an article to be stored or the purpose of use, a user can freely determine and change an opening direction or the location of accessories. The storage container includes a cord member provided along an outer edge of an outer body in the shape of a plate or a hollow vessel, forming the exterior of the storage container, and an axis-determining clip configured to couple to cord members provided on each of adjacent outer bodies so as to be penetrat...