ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,120, issued on Nov. 4.
"Three way convertible containment device" was invented by Amy S. Fazackerley (Alexandria, Va.) and Adam D. Fazackerley (Alexandria, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A containment device that converts between three different configurations or forms and includes a multilayer base. The forms include: 1) a mat or work surface that has a raised lip or edge structure that contains items on the mat or work surface; 2) a small volume bag or flexible container for holding the items inside, where the lip is gathered or compacted, e.g., by a drawstring, to form an annulus from the lip; and 3) a larger-volume, cylindrica...