ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,646, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to ACORN WEST LLC (Los Angeles).
"Beverage container packaging" was invented by John Gilligan (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Rick Gant (Napa, Calif.), David Weissberg (Century City, Calif.), Ron Valtierra (Vacaville, Calif.), Gord Heyting (Toronto) and Chris Russell (Brough, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A beverage container packaging assembly is disclosed. The beverage container packaging assembly includes a bottom tray, center support, and a top tray. The bottom tray includes a plurality of cup-shaped elements each configured to accommodate a bottom portion of a beverage container. Ea...