US Patent Issued to Shuert Technology on May 5 for "System using clips for joining container sleeves" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,581, issued on May 5, was assigned to Shuert Technology LLC (Sterling Heights, Mich.).

"System using clips for joining container sleeves" was invented by Jeffrey C. Jurcak (Shelby Township, Mich.), Kevin T. Smith (Shelby Township, Mich.) and Nenad Ilijeski (Macomb, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An increased volume palletized container comprising upper and lower foldable, four walled sleeves which are joined to one another in a substantially edge to edge stacked relationship using molded plastic clips some of which receive and can be locked to a notched adjacent mating edge of the stacked sleeves to join the sleeves together in a...