ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,894, issued on March 11.
"Container having lid with outwardly facing display panel" was invented by Raul Rodriguez Jr. (Madera, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container having sidewalls that define an interior area for receiving items inside the container and a container lid to close the items inside the interior area of the container. The container lid has a recessed area in its upper surface. The container has a display panel with a display surface on which identifying information describing the items in the container is displayed. The display panel is received in the recessed area when not in use and is moved to a raised...