ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,412, issued on June 30, was assigned to Pratt Retail Specialties LLC (Brookhaven, Ga.).

"Insulated box" was invented by Jamie Waltermire (Peachtree City, Ga.), Paul Ott (Atlanta) and Greg Sollie (Sharpsburg, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of folding a blank assembly, the method including folding a first side panel about a first fold line relative to a bottom panel until the first side panel is substantially perpendicular to the bottom panel, a cardboard blank of the blank assembly including the first side panel, the bottom panel, and a second side panel; and folding the second side panel about a second fold line relative...