ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,219, issued on July 29, was assigned to Pratt Retail Specialties LLC (Brookhaven, Ga.).

"Insulated box assembly with overlapping panels" 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 assembly can include an exterior piece including a first middle portion, a second middle portion, a third middle portion, and a fourth middle portion; the first middle portion and the third middle portion positioned perpendicular to the second middle portion and the fourth middle portion; a plurality of insulator pads including a first side in...