ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,657, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Leef Blattwerk GmbH (Potsdam, Germany).
"Folding lid for covering a container opening made from a recyclable material and arrangement and method for packaging an item" was invented by Claudio Pascal Fritz-Vietta (Berlin) and Daniele Grotto (Berlin).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A folding lid is presented for covering a container opening made from a recyclable material. The folding lid includes: a base element, an accommodating opening, which is formed in the base element and configured to accommodate a container for an item to be packaged in such a manner that a container opening of the conta...