ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,060, issued on May 13, was assigned to Pratt Retail Specialties LLC (Brookhaven, Ga.).
"Modular box assembly" was invented by Jamie Waltermire (Peachtree City, Ga.), Paul Ott (Atlanta) and Greg Sollie (Sharpsburg, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular box assembly includes a box defining a box cavity within the box, the box further defining a top end and a bottom end, the top end defining a box opening connected to the box cavity, the box including a side panel extending from the top end to the bottom end; a shoulder attached to the side panel, the shoulder extending inward from the side panel and into the box cavity, the shou...