ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,681, issued on July 15, was assigned to ECo.LOGIC BRANDS INC. (Manteca, Calif.).
"Inter-connecting means for multi-part container" was invented by Julie Corbett (Oakland, Calif.), Greg Rodrigues (San Francisco), Phil Streets (Ottawa), Romeo Graham (Ottawa), Robert Watters (Ottawa) and Luc Boucher (Ottawa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inter-connecting structure is provided for connecting multiple parts of a container. The inter-connecting structure comprises a first part comprising a plurality of inter-connecting tabs and slits on an edge; a second part comprising a plurality of inter-connecting tabs and slits on an edge to be joi...