ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,686, issued on July 15, was assigned to Google LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Tamper-evident peelable closure attachment" was invented by Francesca Delle Cese (San Francisco), Charles Hutchinson (Belmont, Calif.) and Gabriel Sanchez (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various arrangements of a packaging lock system are presented. In some embodiments, the packaging lock system include a sleeve that defines a cutout region. The system can further include a packaging box sized to slide within the sleeve. The system further includes a peelable closure attachment that includes multiple layers. Such layers can include: a top la...