ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,171, issued on Oct. 21, 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 comprising a bottom panel defining a first bottom panel side, a second bottom panel side, a first bottom panel end, and a second panel bottom end; a first side panel extending upward from the first bottom panel side and a second side panel extending upward from the second ...