US Patent Issued to Altria Client Services on Sept. 2 for "Hinged lid packaging" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,068, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Hinged lid packaging" was invented by Robert T. Mitten (Mechanicsville, Va.) and Christopher J. Hession (Mechanicsville, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pack for consumer goods includes an outer packaging container and an inner packaging container. The outer packaging container includes a lower box portion with an upper lid portion hingedly connected thereto. The inner packaging container includes a dispensing opening with a resealable closure, a front panel, a back panel, a top panel, a bottom panel, and opposing side panels; each side panel ha...