ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,908, issued on March 31.
"Takeout food box with extra food pocket" was invented by Barry Trasacco (West Haven, Conn.) and Tony Rizzaro (South Salem, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A box for takeout food is comprised of a base, a box lid, and an extra food pocket. The base has foldable sidewalls perpendicular to the base to form a box interior to store a main food item. The box lid has a top surface and a bottom surface and is connected to one of the base sidewalls. The extra food pocket may be separate from the box interior. The extra food pocket extends from an edge of the box lid and has a pocket base with pocket sidewalls. T...