ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,463, issued on Oct. 7.
"Laundry basket" was invented by Souhayla Denha (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry basket includes a first basket portion having a pair of opposing first sidewalls being connected by a first rear wall and a first bottom wall. Each of the first sidewalls includes a proximal keyway therethrough and a distal keyway therethrough. The laundry basket further includes a second basket portion having a pair of opposing second sidewalls being connected by a second rear wall and a second bottom wall. Each of the second sidewalls includes a clip or tab extending from respective one of the seco...