ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,527, issued on May 27, was assigned to Stanley Black & Decker MEA FZE (Dubai, United Arab Emirates).
"Container" was invented by Shun-Chi Yang (Taichung, Taiwan), Wan-Chiang Wang (Taichung, Taiwan) and Ching-Yi Tu (Taichung, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A storage container including a plurality of drawers for holding items therewithin. Each drawer may be held closed within the container by selective rotation of a detent mechanism which interacts with engagement means formed on each drawer. When the detent mechanism is in its open position, each drawer may be freely opened or closed. Whereas, when the detent mechanism is in i...