ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,687, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to INDUSTRIAL CONTAINER SERVICES LLC (Atlanta).
"Processing a used container" was invented by Kevin Docken (Atlanta), Loren Flynn (Atlanta), Matt Jackels (Atlanta) and Gerald P. Butler Jr. (Atlanta).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for processing a used container is disclosed. The method can include automatically dissecting the used container into a first portion and a second portion; removing the first or second closable access from the respective surface; removing at least a residual from the inside of the container; reducing the volume of the container by folding one surface onto another su...