ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,677, issued on May 20, was assigned to Graphic Packaging International LLC (Atlanta).

"Reconfigurable tray engaging assembly" was invented by Joseph C. Walsh (Boulder, Colo.), Scott Thomas Strand (Lindstrom, Minn.) and Mark Woodward (Lakewood, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tray engaging assembly including a first vertical support, a second vertical support, a first guide rail coupled to the first vertical support, a second guide rail coupled to the second vertical support and spaced apart from the first guide rail and such that a pocket is defined between the first guide rail and the second guide rail for at least partially ...