ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,164, issued on May 27, was assigned to Pratt Corrugated Holdings Inc. (Brookhaven, Ga.).
"Lawn refuse bag" 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 lawn refuse bag includes a lawn bag body defining a top end and an interior cavity, the top end defining a top lawn bag opening, the lawn refuse bag configured to receive lawn refuse in the interior cavity through the top lawn bag opening in an open orientation of the lawn refuse bag; a first lawn bag handle assembly coupled to the lawn bag body at the top end; and a second la...