ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. RE50,321, issued on March 4, was assigned to Container Creations LLC (Santa Cruz, Calif.).
"Shipping container adapter" was invented by Christopher Wayne Forrest (Santa Cruz, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adapter for a vent system for a cargo container having corrugated panels, has a base portion formed of sheet material, having an outer boundary and an inner boundary, the inner boundary enclosing an area sufficient to accommodate a twelve-inch diameter circle, the base portion shaped to closely conform to geometry of the corrugated panels of the cargo container, an intermediate portion joined in an airtight manner to the inner b...