ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,846, issued on Sept. 1.
"Mesh container and method for producing a mesh container" was invented by Peter Nilsson (Vastervik, Sweden) and Tobias Ringenhag (Vastervik, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mesh container two sets of opposing sides, a bottom, and a rim extending outwardly from the top of the sides is folded from one or more precursors cut from a web comprising a mesh portion formed by perforating and stretching part of a sheet and an unstretched portion. Each precursor is single piece that is folded into at least two side panels made at least partly of mesh and a portion of the outwardly extending rim made of the unst...