ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,530, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).
"Device for expanding container to be loaded with item(s)" was invented by Joshua Arleigh Burright (Shoreline, Wash.), Frank Van Yperzele (Wichelen, Belgium), Jente De Maeyer (Londerzeel, Belgium) and Jerrold Allen Beckmann (North Bend, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device includes a platform configured to receive a plurality of containers, a fan, a manifold, and a biasing element. The manifold is fluidly connected to the fan and directs air into a container of the plurality of containers. Directing air into the container causes the container to at l...