ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,064, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to CREATIVE PLASTIC CONCEPTS LLC (Sycamore, Ohio).

"Stackable bin and method of stacking the same" was invented by Jacob H. Whitta (Bluffton, Ohio), Tony Vilay (Findlay, Ohio), Matt Shute (Sycamore, Ohio) and Eric Long (Sycamore, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a first storage bin having a main body with a base wall, side walls, a rear wall, and a front wall defining an open top, a partly open front, and a rim with built-in handles. Each side wall has an inner surface with a platform and an outer surface with a channel. The platform has a stacking surface ad...