US Patent Issued to ELKHART PLASTICS on April 8 for "Intermediate bulk container (IBC) and associated pallet" (Oregon Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,641, issued on April 8, was assigned to ELKHART PLASTICS LLC (Akron, Ohio).

"Intermediate bulk container (IBC) and associated pallet" was invented by Jacob M. Hixson (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intermediate bulk container system includes a molded bottle and a pallet. The molded bottle includes a bottom wall and a top wall opposite the bottom wall. A plurality of support columns extend vertically from the bottom wall and define a column thickness. A plurality of sidewalls extending vertically between the bottom wall and the top wall and horizontally between the support columns. The sidewalls define a sidewall thi...