US Patent Issued to Hub Folding Box on June 23 for "Child resistant packaging" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,294, issued on June 23, was assigned to Hub Folding Box Co. Inc. (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Child resistant packaging" was invented by Zane Peterson (Blackstone, Mass.) and David Kamyk (Worcester, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container that includes an outer sleeve and an inner tray and is configured to have an open state and a closed state. The outer sleeve includes side panels defining a chamber having a first opening. The inner tray includes side panels defining a space for holding a product, and a second opening. In the open state, the inner tray extends out of the outer sleeve through the first opening. The inner tray includ...