US Patent Issued to Rehrig Pacific on June 17 for "Collapsible crate with retractable wall" (Georgia, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,840, issued on June 17, was assigned to Rehrig Pacific Co. (Monterey Park, Calif.).

"Collapsible crate with retractable wall" was invented by Daniel Vincent Sekowski (Loganville, Ga.), Travis James Englert (Brea, Calif.), Jon P. Hassell (Atlanta) and William P. Apps (Alpharetta, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The collapsible container includes a base and a pair of opposed first walls pivotably connected to opposed first edges of the base. A second wall or front wall is pivotably connected to a second edge of the base such that the second wall is perpendicular to the first walls. The front wall includes a frame including a pair of...