US Patent Issued to Pure Fishing on Nov. 3 for "Collapsible container" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,500, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Pure Fishing Inc. (Spirit Lake, Iowa).

"Collapsible container" was invented by Jordan Kimbrough (Peoria, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates generally to a collapsible container having a top section, a bottom section, and a middle section between the top section and the bottom section. The top section and the bottom sections can be formed from a rigid material, for example, plastic. The middle section can be formed from a flexible material that can fold over onto itself, allowing the container to collapse for easy and compact storage. The container can further compr...