ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,422, issued on Jan. 13.

"Brick bundle packaging for socks" was invented by Joseph Habert (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packaged bundle of socks is disclosed. The packaged bundle of socks has a package body forming a generally hexahedron shape. The package body has a fixed length, a fixed height, and a fixed width. The package body has a broad top surface having an area set by the fixed width and fixed length, the broad top surface has a reclosable opening set therein. The packaged bundle of socks also has a plurality of socks arranged within the package body. The packaged bundle of socks has a first group of the pl...