ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,098, issued on March 18, was assigned to BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC. (Valcourt, Canada).

"Stackable container assembly" was invented by Christian Labbe (Sherbrooke, Canada), Mathieu Mercier (Sherbrooke, Canada) and Eric Fournier (Orford, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stackable container assembly having a base container with a container body having a bottom surface being configured for connecting the base container to a vehicle; and an anchor connected to the container body and being configured for inserting into a vehicle anchor fixture, the anchor including an anchor base being connected to the bottom surface of...