US Patent Issued to Pratt Corrugated Holdings on April 29 for "Beverage box" (Virginia, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,281, issued on April 29, was assigned to Pratt Corrugated Holdings Inc. (Brookhaven, Ga.).

"Beverage box" was invented by Shifeng Chen (Newport News, Va.), Greg Sollie (Sharpsburg, Ga.) and Jamie Waltermire (Peachtree City, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A box can include a container portion, the container portion defining a top end and a bottom end, the container portion defining a cavity, the container portion including a main panel; and a side panel including a first side subpanel and a second side subpanel, the first side subpanel hingedly coupled to the main panel; and a dividing portion disposed within the cavity, the dividi...