US Patent Issued to Tekni-Plex on March 25 for "Combination semi-closed winged tray and sleeve for packaging and displaying food articles" (American, Mexican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,203, issued on March 25, was assigned to Tekni-Plex Inc. (Wayne, Pa.).

"Combination semi-closed winged tray and sleeve for packaging and displaying food articles" was invented by Julieta Elizabeth Gallegos Ramirez (Nuevo Leon, Mexico), Tomas Gerardo Garcia Flores (Nuevo Leon, Mexico), Manuel Lopez Navarro (Nuevo Leon, Mexico), Israel Fuentes Garza (Nuevo Leon, Mexico), Rodolfo Haenni (Waxhaw, N.C.) and Suzanne Wolter (Yskima, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semi-closed base tray of molded pulp material having cavities for holding individual food articles, such as apples, and a pair of opposing wings or flaps integral with the...