ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,215, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Formall Inc. (Clinton, Tenn.).
"Material handling device with integrated hinges" was invented by Daniel Major (Clinton, Tenn.) and Christopher Krohn (Clinton, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cart includes: a side frame portion extending across a width of the cart; a first end portion pivotally mounted on a first end of the side frame portion; a second end portion pivotally mounted on a second end of the side frame portion; a shelf movably mounted on one of the side frame portion, first end portion, and second end portion. In an unfolded configuration, the first end portion and the second...