ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,283, issued on June 23, was assigned to FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp. (Tokyo).
"Cushioning and packaging material" was invented by Keigo Yamada (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cushioning constituting a part of a box configured to accommodate an object to be packaged includes: a bottom plate on which the object to be packaged is to be placed; a top plate including a cushioning portion having a cushioning function, the cushioning portion and the bottom plate being configured to hold the object to be packaged therebetween; and a folding portion to be folded from the top plate over the bottom plate to apply tension t...