US Patent Issued to Igloo Products on Feb. 24 for "Locking module for a container" (Texas, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,977, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Igloo Products Corp. (Katy, Texas).

"Locking module for a container" was invented by Roque Barros (Katy, Texas), Doug Hardesty (Katy, Texas), James McKenrick (Katy, Texas) and John P. Cichello (Wooster, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates generally to accessories for containers. More specifically, but without limitation, the present disclosure relates to a locking module for a container, for example insulated container, which allows access to store goods, such as delivered goods, but alternately denies access to those who are not intended to have access."

The pat...