ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,982, issued on March 25.
"Food and beverage carrier" was invented by Christopher S. Green (Lakewood, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A carrier for holding food and at least one drink is disclosed wherein the carrier comprises a housing having a top opening, the housing being adapted to have placed therein prepared food from a supplier of cooked take-out food; a lid portion, the lid portion being mateable to the housing such that the lid portion covers at least a portion of the top opening when mated to the housing, the lid having therein a receptacle area for accepting a separate drink carrier that is adapted to hold a plurality...