ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,589, issued on May 5, was assigned to Colapz Ltd (London).
"Collapsible water bucket with screw-on lid" was invented by Shaun Moore (Rotherham, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable collapsible container for transporting fluids. The container is formed of flexible walls that can be folded to collapse the container. A specialized rim is connected to the container walls through a transition collar which enables a hard rim to be joined to relatively soft and pliable walls. A metallic ring is embedded in an upper aspect of the container to maintain the container in cylindrical form and prevent denting of the rim which cou...