ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,579, issued on May 5, was assigned to Graphic Packaging International LLC (Atlanta).
"Tray with separable features" was invented by Sharon M. Weaver (Chicago).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tray for holding one or more articles includes a plurality of tray portions, each tray portion having a plurality of panels extending at least partially around a respective tray compartment, and a plurality of end flaps foldably connected to a respective panel of the respective plurality of panels, the plurality of end flaps of each respective tray portion including a respective plurality of top end flaps arranged to form a respective flange separa...