ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,538, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Target Brands Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Interlocking basket system" was invented by Amelia Kennedy (Minneapolis), Nathan Pennycuick (Melbourne, Australia) and Fadde Ali (Melbourne, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A storage container includes: a plurality of sidewalls; a bottom wall operably coupled to the plurality of sidewalls, together defining a storage cavity; at least one support bracket coupled to the bottom wall, movable between a first position wherein an outer surface of at least one support bracket is flush with a perimeter of the bottom wall, and a second position wherein the out...