US Patent Issued to Rheem Manufacturing on Sept. 8 for "Packaging systems and methods" (Alabama, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,047, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Rheem Manufacturing Co. (Atlanta).

"Packaging systems and methods" was invented by Ashwin Vishwanath Rao (Montgomery, Ala.), Prudhvi Vishnu Vardhan Amaravadhi (Pike Road, Ala.) and Marcus Deshune Paley (Round Rock, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packaging system to pack an item is disclosed. The packaging system includes an inner box having a plurality of sidewalls. Each sidewall comprises an interior surface and an exterior surface. The inner box is configured to enclose side surfaces of the item. The packaging system further includes at least one spacer attached to the exterior surfac...