US Patent Issued to Acorn West on Oct. 27 for "Beverage container packaging" (Canadian, British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,141, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Acorn West LLC (Los Angeles).

"Beverage container packaging" was invented by John Gilligan (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Ron Valtierra (Vacaville, Calif.), Gord Heyting (Toronto), Chris Russell (Brough, Great Britain) and Justin Haas (Fairfield, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A beverage container packing assembly includes a bottom tray, center support, and a top tray. The bottom tray defines first compartments. The first compartments receive a first portion of a beverage container. The bottom tray includes one or more first support columns. The center support defines through holes. Each of th...