US Patent Issued to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on Oct. 14 for "Breakaway container" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,514, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington).

"Breakaway container" was invented by Jason H Richter (Alpine, Calif.) and Leif E Roth (Chula Vista, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A breakaway container includes two or more rigid panels, two or more end caps, one or more tension bands, and one or more release mechanisms. The one or more tension bands are wrapped around the two or more rigid panels. Each tension band has at least one release mechanism attached to hold each tension band together and are configured to activate and release the one or more te...