US Patent Issued to Graphic Packaging International on July 7 for "Carrier for containers" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,809, issued on July 7, was assigned to Graphic Packaging International LLC (Atlanta).

"Carrier for containers" was invented by John Murdick Holley Jr. (Lawrenceville, Ga.) and Meng-Chuan Wu (Norcross, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A carrier for holding a plurality of containers includes a central panel and container retention features for engaging the plurality of containers, the container retention features include a plurality of container retention openings for at least partially receiving a respective container of the plurality of containers, at least one container retention tab positioned extending into a respective container...