US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Sept. 1 for "Collapsible, reusable bulk solid container" (Colorado, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,877, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Collapsible, reusable bulk solid container" was invented by Nebojsa Knezevik (Fort Lupton, Colo.), Ernst Rudolf Man Schnell (Houston) and Elizabeth Wells (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bulk solids container can include a bag to hold the bulk solid, a rigid base to support the bag, and rods extending up from the base to the top of the bag. The rods provide vertical structural integrity to the sides of the bag. The base can include a sloped upper surface sloping down towards a discharge opening located near the center of the base and aeratio...