ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,204, issued on March 25.

"Container for flowers and method of operation thereof" was invented by David Freilich (Englewood, N.J.) and Elisa Freilich (Englewood, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel and useful container suitable for holding objects such as flowers and which may include a platform configured to be coupled to at least one flower. A body may include at least one wall that may extend between top and bottom edges and may define at least a portion of a cavity configured to receive the platform. The top edge may define a first opening leading to the cavity. A bottom wall may be located at or near the bottom edge of t...