ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,951, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Oblige LLC (Seattle).

"Winged container packaging system and methods of making and using same" was invented by Benjamin Chaykin (Seattle), Connor Cararra (Seattle) and Ian O'Brien (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container packaging system. The container packaging system includes a container having a body and wings. The wings are coupled to the body at a joint that terminates at a junction. The system includes a mounting device having a front face, a rear face, and a slot. The slot includes a top end and a bottom end, a first flap, and a second flap. Each of the first flap and the seco...