US Patent Issued to Plitek on May 27 for "Package backer card with interlocking article-retaining tabs" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,140, issued on May 27, was assigned to Plitek LLC (Prospect Heights, Ill.).

"Package backer card with interlocking article-retaining tabs" was invented by Jeffrey R. Condon (Glenview, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A package backer card with interlocking article-retaining tabs for improved retention of an article for packaging. A package backer card may include an article-support panel and one pair, or more than one pair, of opposed tabs formed of the panel. The panel may be of a pliant material having a memory. Each of the opposed tabs may have a shank and an inwardly facing clip. Each tab may initially be in a position extendi...