ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,367,452, issued on July 22, was assigned to FFF Enterprises Inc. (Temecula, Calif.).

"Storage devices and operation methods thereof" was invented by Kenneth Shay Reid (Temecula, Calif.) and Connor Ramm (Temecula, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cabinet that securely stores items in cabinet drawers using preconfigured nests. The drawers can be reconfigured using one or more dividers to divide the drawers into two or more compartments. The cabinet has cameras mounted to it and uses images to determine if a compartment contains an item and other information. In some embodiments, features are implemented to closely monitor the self-s...