ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,280, issued on Nov. 3.
"Motorized collapsible cart" was invented by Richard Elden (Manhattan Beach, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A collapsible cart configured to convert from a collapsed position to an expanded position, the cart having opposing side walls and a bottom wall, and, in the expanded position, forming one or more open compartments which may be enclosed by a cover comprising one or more panels. The side walls may include one or more pairs of panels rotatably together connected at joints such that distal edges of each pair of panels are rotatable inwardly toward each other and a collapsed position or outwardly away ...