US Patent Issued to TOPS PRODUCTS on April 1 for "Collapsible storage containers and related methods" (Singaporean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,988, issued on April 1, was assigned to TOPS PRODUCTS LLC (Chicago).

"Collapsible storage containers and related methods" was invented by Su Chew Lee (Singapore) and Stephen Bantle (Edwardsville, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Collapsible storage containers and related methods are disclosed. An example collapsible storage container movable between a deployed position and a collapsed position disclosed herein includes a front panel, a back panel, a side panel including a first side panel portion coupled to the front panel, the first side panel portion including a first face and a second side panel portion coupled to the back pane...