ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,386, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to BUZZBALLZ LLC (Carrollton, Texas).

"Container apparatus" was invented by Merrilee Kick (Plano, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and method(s) according to which a first container lid is sealingly engaged against a container body. Once so sealingly engaged, a first portion of the first container lid is detachable from, and re-attachable to, the container body. A security band remains attached to a neck of the container body when the first portion of the container lid is detached from the container body. In one or more embodiments, when detached from the container body, the first po...