ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,266, issued on April 29.
"Collapsible tray" was invented by Jorge Ricardo Mora Linares (Mississauga, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a collapsible tray with foldable sides that includes a trapezoid panel and two triangle panels. Panel connectors secure together in a movable manner each triangle panel to the trapezoid panel. Side panels are movably interconnected at each end to the foldable side. A base is movably interconnected to each foldable side and each side panel. In use, when a collapsing force is applied to the trapezoid panel or the side panel, the adjacency between the trapezoid panel a...