ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,131, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to CHEP Technology Pty Ltd. (Sydney).

"Removeable shelf for rigid containers for dry goods" was invented by Daniel Lopez Uran (London) and Luis Asensio Cotillas (Valencia, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is disclosed a removable shelf (1) for rigid containers (100) for transporting dry goods, the removable shelf (1) comprising at least one shelf locator (10, 11) usable such that the removable shelf (1) can be attached face-to-face to a wall (101) of the containers (100), or to an intermediate removable shelf (2) attached to said wall (101). In this way, one or more removable shelves (1)...