ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,553, issued on April 15, was assigned to CREATIVE PLASTIC CONCEPTS LLC (Sycamore, Ohio).
"Weatherproof sportsman's trunk" was invented by Jacob H. Whitta (Bluffton, Ohio), Ben Sayalith (Findlay, Ohio), Eric Hummel (Findlay, Ohio) and Tony Vilay (Findlay, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A storage trunk including a container, a lid, a latch and a seal is provided. The container can include an upper surface, a plurality of sidewalls, and a bottom surface. The lid can include a top section and a lip disposed adjacent to the top section. The lip can include a latch receiving section having a lock receiving section. The lid can be remov...