ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,558, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).

"Containers having lever-based actuation of brakes and locks" was invented by Adam Joseph Greenbaum (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed for containers having lever-based actuation of brakes and locks. In one embodiment, an example container may include a first container wall, a second container wall, a third container wall, a fourth container wall, a first wheel, a second wheel, and a wheel lock assembly configured to prevent swiveling of the first wheel. The wheel lock assembly may include a first wheel lock, a first le...