ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,454, issued on July 1, was assigned to Pratt Retail Specialties LLC (Brookhaven, Ga.).
"Box defining walls with insulation cavities" was invented by Greg Sollie (Sharpsburg, Ga.), Jamie Waltermire (Peachtree City, Ga.) and Shifeng Chen (Newport News, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A box includes a side wall including an outer side panel; an inner side panel positioned parallel to the outer side panel; and a connecting strip defining a first edge and a second edge, the first edge connected to the outer side panel by a first fold line, the second edge connected to the inner side panel by a second fold line, the connecting strip defi...