ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,310, issued on March 18, was assigned to Pratt Corrugated Holdings Inc. (Brookhaven, Ga.).

"Tray and method therefor" was invented by Greg Sollie (Sharpsburg, Ga.), Christopher M. Stanton (Peachtree City, Ga.), Brad Armstrong (Sharpsburg, Ga.), Paul Ott (Sharpsburg, Ga.), Alex Tanner (Atlanta) and Shifeng Chen (Newport News, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tray includes a bottom panel defining a first bottom panel side and a second bottom panel side opposite the first bottom panel side; a pair of side panels comprising a first side panel extending substantially upward from the bottom panel at the first bottom panel side and a s...