US Patent Issued to Crowley Government Services on June 3 for "Collapsible shipping container" (Florida, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,493, issued on June 3, was assigned to Crowley Government Services Inc. (Jacksonville, Fla.).

"Collapsible shipping container" was invented by Shiju Zacharia (Jacksonville, Fla.), Smijith Kunhiraman (Jacksonville, Fla.), Patrick Wallace (St. Augustine, Fla.) and Ashwani Dev (Katy, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A collapsible container that includes a base, a first side panel hingedly attached to the base, a second side panel hingedly attached to the base, a first end panel hingedly attached to the base, with the first end panel including a door, and a second end panel hingedly attached to the base. The collapsible container can ...