US Patent Issued to Altria Client Services on Dec. 23 for "Container with flexible wall locking mechanism" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,277, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Container with flexible wall locking mechanism" was invented by William J. Bogdziewicz (Richmond, Va.), Christopher J. Hession (Mechanicsville, Va.), Scott A. Fath (Henrico, Va.), Travis Martin Garthaffner (Midlothian, Va.) and Ahmet Ercelebi (Mechanicsville, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container includes a base and a lid movable between a closed and locked configuration and an open configuration The base includes a peripheral wall movable from a relaxed position to a flexed position by applying a first force to a first portion in a first di...