ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,594, issued on May 5.
"Mail packaging having expandable securing fixative platform panel" was invented by Steven Michael Stack Jr. (Torrington, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container for containing at least one article. The container being formed from a blank having connected panels in a predetermined pattern that when erected can form at form an interior of the container. The container comprises an expandable slit pattern feature on the fixative platform panel for protecting the articles from breakage. The fixative platform panel further features one or more protuberances on a folded edge thereof for securing in an opening f...