ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,811, issued on May 12, was assigned to CREATIVE PLASTIC CONCEPTS LLC (Sycamore, Ohio).
"Stackable storage crate" was invented by Jacob H. Whitta (Bluffton, Ohio), Ben Sayalith (Findlay, Ohio), Eric Hummel (Findlay, Ohio) and Tony Vilay (Findlay, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stackable storage crate has a main body with a first side wall, a second side wall, a front wall, and a rear wall, an upper section, and a bottom section. The upper section has a top lip and an inner surface. The inner surface has a repeating sequence of lands and channels. The bottom section has a ridge with a matching shape that corresponds with and is c...