ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,553, issued on April 14, was assigned to LARSON PACKAGING COMPANY LLC (Milpitas, Calif.).
"Toolless crate assembly with interchangeable cartridge" was invented by Mark A. Hoffman (Park City, Utah), Hector Rafael Monrroy Gonzalez (Fremont, Calif.) and David Matthew Skurla (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A crate assembly includes a crate having a base and an interchangeable cartridge supported by the base. The interchangeable cartridge is insertable and removable from the base of the crate. The interchangeable cartridge includes a cartridge base and a well. The well is formed by a floater base, side rails, a back boar...