ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,036, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Pratt Retail Specialties LLC (Brookhaven, Ga.).
"Modular box assembly" 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 manufacturing a modular box assembly comprises constructing an insulation batt by combining thermoplastic binder fibers and reinforcement fibers in a fibrous web and heating the batt to a temperature exceeding a glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic binder fibers and melting of the thermoplastic binder fibers. Pre-laminated material is constructed by attaching a firs...