ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,908, issued on April 22, was assigned to Diamond 6S Management (San Antonio).

"Method and apparatus for secured packing of objects" was invented by Dale Malone (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packaging block that includes a body section having a aperture defined therein. A hinge defines a first portion of the body section and a second portion of the body section. The first portion is rotatably coupled to the second portion via the hinge. A plurality of selectively removable sections are removably coupled to the body section. The aperture receives at least a portion of an article to facilitate securement of the article du...