ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,004, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Packaging with raising platform and lay-flat construction" was invented by Avianne Marie B. Tuano (San Jose, Calif.), Jeremy Bataillou (San Francisco), Jonathan Gomez Garcia (San Francisco), Jonathan M. Mccarren (San Francisco), Manuel Hodrius (Potsdam, Germany), Rachel Minhee Han (Green Brook, N.J.) and Thomas S. Chun (Buena Park, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Packaging may include a base box having a cavity to receive a product. Cushioning cells formed as rollover structures are configured to hold the product within the cavity. When the rollover structur...