ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 17 -- Ecolab USA, St. Paul, Minnesota, has been assigned a patent (9,417,002) developed by four co-inventors for an ice handling container. The co-inventors are Brian Philip Carlson, Lakeville, Minnesota, Ryan Allen Chernik, St. Paul, Minnesota, Eric Richard Balz, Stillwater, Minnesota, and Christopher Carroll Wagner, St. Paul, Minnesota.

The patent application was filed on April 27, 2012 (13/458,201). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft. . . .