ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,533, issued on Nov. 3.
"Shipping container" was invented by John Peter Parkins (Hanover, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shipping container the comprises a container body for containing goods. First and second doors are positioned at a first end of the container body, and move between open and closed positions for enabling storage and removal of the goods from the container body. Locking bars extend longitudinally along the outside of the doors and which operate to lock and unlock the doors. At least one sensor device is mounted on at least one of the locking bars, and operates wirelessly to transmit to a control station data...