ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,038, issued on March 17, was assigned to NAVLANDIS S.L. (Valencia, Spain).
"Folding transport container" was invented by Miguel Antonio Navalon Simon (Valencia, Spain), Vicent Arnandis Valles (Valencia, Spain) and Andres Revert Santamaria (Valencia, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laterally collapsible container (111) comprising a pair of side walls (114, 115), at least one pair of hinged end panels (116), a top wall (113) and a bottom wall (112), wherein one end of a vertical side wall (114, 115) is mechanically coupled to the corresponding vertical side edge of a hinged end panel (116) through a hinged push-pull connection ...