ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,689, issued on May 20, was assigned to Deco(R)ative Homes L.C.C. (Gloversville, N.Y.).

"Multi-compartment collapsible storage container" was invented by Ivana Maldonado (Gloversville, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A storage container includes a base having edges and a front wall, a back wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall extending from the edges of the base. The front wall includes a first opening. The top edges of the front wall, the back wall, the first side wall, and the second side wall bound a second opening to a storage space bound by the base, the front wall, the back wall, the first side wall, and the secon...