US Patent Issued on July 14 for "Crate with adjustment mechanism" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,597, issued on July 14.

"Crate with adjustment mechanism" was invented by Patry Sterling (Chicago Ridge, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A crate can include a base panel that defines a bottom surface of the crate and a plurality of side panels extending upwardly from the base panel to define an interior cavity of the crate. The crate can further include an adjustable leg that can be moveably coupled to the base panel. The adjustable leg can be configured to move relative to the base panel between a stored configuration, wherein the adjustable leg is substantially parallel with the base panel, and an extended configuration, where ...