ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,927, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Polygroup Macau Ltd. (BVI) (Tortola, British Virgin Islands).

"Systems and methods for a container with portholes" was invented by Chi Yin Alan Leung (Shenzhen, China) and Ricky Tong (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a container, such as an above-ground pool, with an improved porthole. The container can include a base, a side wall joined to the base, and at least one porthole. The porthole can comprise an aperture in the side wall and a generally transparent window sheet attached to the side wall and completely covering the aperture in the side wall. Such a design can...