ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,136, issued on May 27, was assigned to Apothecary Products LLC (Burnsville, Minn.).
"Pill container and methods" was invented by Daniel Darst (Zimmerman, Minn.) and Jennifer Joy Kallemeyn (Savage, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A child resistant pill container includes a base having individual compartments. A lid rotatably fits over the base and has a closed cover defining one open section. A releasable lock arrangement is between the base and the lid. The lid can be rotated relative to the base to position the open section in the lid over one of the individual compartments in the base."
The patent was filed on Sept. 25, 2023,...