US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on Sept. 1 for "Container and insert assembly" (New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,852, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Container and insert assembly" was invented by Mathew Bednarz (Schererville, Ind.), Karah Bishop (Jersey City, N.J.), Alexander Lewis (Fort Mill, S.C.) and Michael J. Schwab (Levittown, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container includes an outer box and an insert sized to fit inside the outer box. The insert includes a bottom wall, a first lateral end coupled to the bottom wall, and a second lateral end coupled to the bottom wall. The first lateral end opposes the second lateral end. The first lateral end may include a first outer wall and a firs...