ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,912, issued on March 11, was assigned to U.S. Development Corp. (Kent, Ohio).
"Collapsible bulk container" was invented by Jerold Patrick Ramsey (Tallmadge, Ohio), Larry Michael Downey (Hartville, Ohio) and James Jacob Carmon (Columbus, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A collapsible container including a plurality of panels including an opposing pair of corner panels, an opposing pair of dogleg panels, a front panel opposed from a back panel, and an opposing pair of side panels, wherein each of the front panel, the back panel, and the opposing pair of side panels are pivotally connected to one corner panel of the opposing pair of...