US Patent Issued to Amazon Technologies on Sept. 30 for "Systems and methods for forming cavity to retain item(s) during packaging" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,183, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).

"Systems and methods for forming cavity to retain item(s) during packaging" was invented by Garett Ochs (Seattle) and Terin Thomas (Kirkland, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes causing, via a cutting mechanism, creases to be formed within a packaging material, causing one or more items to be deposited on the packaging material, causing, via a folding mechanism, at least a first side and a second side of the packaging material to be folded to at least partially form a cavity in which the one or more items reside, causing, via a conveyance...