ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,226, issued on July 29, was assigned to Instant Brands Holdings Inc. (Downers Grove, Ill.).
"Containers" was invented by Alfonse Drechsler (Downers Grove, Ill.) and Steven A. Olesen (Corning, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container, includes a collapsible portion and a container base. The collapsible portion has a first step structure; a second step structure; and a hinge assembly coupled between the first step structure and the second step structure. The container base is coupled to the collapsible portion. Another container includes a container base; a collapsible portion, coupled to the container base; a lid base, coupled ...