US Patent Issued to Airlite Plastics on Aug. 25 for "Insulated container" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,677, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Airlite Plastics Co. (Omaha, Neb.).

"Insulated container" was invented by Robert William Menzel Jr. (Mooresville, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insulator for installation inside a container may include an insulation layer including a plurality of insulation pads configured to be arranged in an operating position inside the container, such that each of the insulation pads has a contact surface configured to face inward toward contents of the container when installed inside of the container in the operating position, and a covering layer including a plurality of cover members covering at...