US Patent Issued to Graphic Packaging International on March 31 for "Tray for food products" (American, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,907, issued on March 31, was assigned to Graphic Packaging International LLC (Atlanta).

"Tray for food products" was invented by Matthew R. Kearns (Woodstock, Ga.), Thomas Brink (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Scott Thomas Strand (Lake Elmo, Minn.) and Elliot Hithersay (Derby, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tray for holding at least one food product, the tray includes a plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior of the tray, the plurality of panels including a bottom panel, a front panel, a back panel, and at least one side panel, a plurality of end flaps foldably connected to a respective panel of th...