ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,559, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).
"High-capacity totes collapser" was invented by Hunter Present (Seattle), Sean Peter Roberts (Kent, Wash.) and Colin Ross Kreiger (Lake Stevens, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tote collapser can be used for unlatching and collapsing walls of a shippable tote. The collapser includes a mounting frame, and a set of collapser brackets. The mounting frame can include a first frame member and a second frame member movable relative to each other. The set of collapser brackets can include a first and a second collapser brackets attached to the first frame me...