ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,127, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to All Plastic Inc. (Rancho Cordova, Calif.).
"Display container" was invented by William Thomas Smith (Fair Oaks, Calif.) and Cheryl Ann Smith (Fair Oaks, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display container includes an enclosure having a container body and a lid mounted to the container body for enclosing an interior chamber of the enclosure. The lid has an integrated lens positioned over the interior chamber and a plurality of ports extending through the lid adjacent the lens. The display container further includes a slide valve assembly for selectively opening and closing the ports. The s...