ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,955, issued on April 21.

"System and method of expandable containers including sliding panels" was invented by Rami Hashish (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An expandable container. The expandable container includes a front base plate, and a left side panel, an upper left corner panel, a top side panel, an upper right corner panel, a right side panel, a lower right corner panel, a bottom side panel, and a lower left corner panel, all of which are movable relative to the base plate using guide rails. The expandable container also includes a movement mechanism that moves the left, top, right, and bottom side panels outward ...