ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,435, issued on July 1, was assigned to INTERCRATE CONTAINER CORP. (North Vancouver, Canada).
"Sliding stackable container" was invented by Justin Elvin-Jensen (West Vancouver, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container includes a base, four sidewalls, and four corner columns. Each of the sidewalls includes upper and lower edges, an upwardly-extending rail extending proximate to the upper edge, a curved wall extending proximate to the lower edge, and a downwardly-extending foot extending from the curved wall. The foot is horizontally offset from the rail. The four corner columns extend between adjacent ones of the sidewalls. Eac...