ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,018, issued on March 17, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).
"Packing fastener and packing box coupled together therewith" was invented by Atsuhiro Wakimoto (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packing fastener includes a base member and a key member. The base member includes: a first tubular portion; a flange portion provided on a first opening edge of the first tubular portion at one end; and a pair of hook members coupled to opposite inner side faces of the first tubular portion to be bent toward a second opening edge of the first tubular portion at the other end. The key member has a second ...