US Patent Issued to The Procter & Gamble on Nov. 3 for "Container with support element" (Belgian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,492, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Container with support element" was invented by Paulus Antonius Augustinus Hoefte (Astene, Belgium) and Joseph Bohache (Milford, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples include a cardboard or paperboard container comprising a box, a lid and a lock. The lock comprises an actuator moveable from a locking to an opening position by applying an actuation pressure. The lid comprises a support element fitting within the box when the lid is closed. The support element comprises a first and a second primary panel corresponding to faces of a first prism connecte...