ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,210, issued on Aug. 11.
"Protective case for a collectible card" was invented by Clint Anderson (Giffod, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A case for a flat collectible item. The case provides pivotably coupled front and rear pieces that move between an open condition and a closed condition encasing the collectible item in a card recess. The card recess provides flared corners to prevent damage to the encased collectible item. The front and rear pieces each have exterior surface that provide stacking ridges that are uniformly offset from their respective perimeters so that when a first case is stacked on a second case, the front st...