ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,592, issued on July 14.
"Modular storage box" was invented by Lijun Zheng (Guangzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure pertains to a modular storage box in the technical field of containers. The box includes a bottom plate and a side portion. An edge of the bottom plate is provided with an upward-opening insertion groove, whose side wall includes a first wedge member. A bottom surface of the side portion is provided with an insertion strip, whose lower end side wall includes a second wedge member. During assembly, inserting the strip into the groove causes the second wedge member to deflect outward via wedg...