ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,954, issued on April 21.
"Expandable container" was invented by John C. Petrolino (New Brunswick, N.J.), Bill Riley (Charlotte, N.C.), Dillan Shaffer (Charlotte, N.C.), Matt Green (Charlotte, N.C.) and Steve Gerstein (Charlotte, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are an expandable container, an expandable frame assembly, and associated components and methods. The expandable frame assembly for an expandable container may expand in at least two dimensions. The assembly may include a plurality of frame members configured to move relative to each other, a plurality of sizing members, and an adjustment mechanism operably couple...