ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,371, issued on July 8, was assigned to Pratt Corrugated Holdings Inc. (Brookhaven, Ga.).
"Dual use box" was invented by Travis Walters (Atlanta), Randy Ball (Peachtree City, Ga.), Hannah Conrad (Memphis, Tenn.), Greg Sollie (Sharpsburg, Ga.) and Shifeng Chen (Newport News, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dual use box includes a side panel enclosure defining a top end and a bottom end; a first primary top panel extending from the top end of the side panel enclosure and defining a primary overlapping portion and a primary delivery address label; and a second primary top panel extending from the top end of the side panel enclosure a...