ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,845, issued on June 17, was assigned to Movie Mars Inc. (Indian Trail, N.C.).
"Damage-resistant packaging box for shipping planar articles" was invented by Gregory T. Tost (Indian Trail, N.C.), Daniel E-Lee Yen (Waxhaw, N.C.) and Brian E. Marzano (Monroe, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packaging box blank and packaging box configured from the packaging box blank enables a shipper to package substantially planar articles for shipment and includes a base box portion, a pair of opposed side wall flap portions, and a pair of opposed top flap portions. The side wall flap portions extend from laterally opposed side wall attachment p...