ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,578, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Automotive Tensioners Inc. (Southlake, Texas).
"Packaging container for automotive tensioner kit" was invented by Patrick Mulholland (Southlake, Texas) and Joel Thompson (Southlake, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container for automotive tensioner replacement kits having at least three separate dividers for individually holding a tensioner, one or more pulleys, and associated hardware wherein the dividers may be constructed with one or more notches adapted to secure a serpentine belt from being undesirably deformed in shipping and handling while also holding components in a protected ma...