ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,037, issued on March 17, was assigned to ABG Bag Inc. (Rockford, Ill.).

"Flexible and foldable liquid containment tray and methods of using the same" was invented by William Duffy Bennett (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A containment tray for holding, transporting and/or storage of objects, such as, preferably, liquid-filled or, more preferably, oil-filled objects. More particularly, the invention relates to a containment tray capable of holding, transporting and/or storing liquid-filled industrial objects and preventing leaking of both hazardous and non-hazardous materials from such objects when in the containment tray into...