ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,286, issued on Dec. 30.
"Disposable ice pack" was invented by Brian Spain (Fort Mill, S.C.), Paul Kenyon (Fort Mill, S.C.) and Murray Ross (Fort Mill, S.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure includes ice packs that comprise paper and absorbent material, and also includes various methods of making, adding liquid to, freezing, shipping, and/or using such ice packs. This disclosure also includes assemblies that include one or more such ice packs, such as, for example, a container of a plurality of such ice packs in dry, wet, and/or frozen states, or a container that includes an ice pack in a hydrated, frozen state and one or...