ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,002, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to 1332006 Alberta Inc. (Edmonton, Canada).
"Expandable vehicle container" was invented by John Vreugdenhil (Edmonton, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An expandable storage container comprises a floor and two longitudinal walls, each wall comprising at least one arm, with the wall connected through the arms to the floor so as to provide lateral extension of the longitudinal walls away from the floor. In certain embodiments, the arms are slideably or hingedly connected to the floor to provide lateral extension."
The patent was filed on Oct. 19, 2022, under Application No. 17/969,652.
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