ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,594, issued on July 14.
"Prevention of interlocking of nestable containers" was invented by Kaylee Vengruskas (Tolland, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure are generally directed to devices and methods for preventing interlocking of nestable containers. For example, interlocking of nestable containers is reduced or prevented through a spacerthermoformed from a thermally sensitive material and coupled to sidewalls of containers. When a first container is inserted or nested within a second container, the spacercontacts a top surface of a sidewall of the second container, thereby allowing airflow b...