ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,158, issued on May 27, was assigned to HAVENER ENTERPRISES INC. (Bradley, Ill.).

"Refrigerator box and method of using same" was invented by Christopher Havener (Bradley, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stand-alone, all-in-one refrigerator box and, more particularly, to a refrigerator box that provides a built-in ramp that is moveable between a stowaway position and an angled position in connection with the refrigerator box for loading and unloading the refrigerator box without having to disengage the ramp while the refrigerator door is being opened and closed."

The patent was filed on March 20, 2024, under Application No. 18/...