ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,144, issued on May 27, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).
"Lined paper-based container" was invented by Paulus Antonius Augustinus Hoefte (Astene, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container including a paper-based cradle, a paper-based insert, and a thermoplastic film. The cradle has exterior corner panels that form a transition between the exterior end panels and exterior side panels. The cradle and insert are held together by the thermoplastic film that is thermoformed into conformance with the cradle and insert. The exterior corner panels at the junctures between the exterior end panels and exterior sid...