US Patent Issued to Graphic Packaging International on May 26 for "Carton for articles" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,249, issued on May 26, was assigned to Graphic Packaging International LLC (Atlanta).

"Carton for articles" was invented by Jeffrey D. Smith (Solon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A carton for holding at least one article includes a plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior of the carton, and a plurality of end flaps foldably connected to a respective panel of the plurality of panels, the plurality of end flaps includes a plurality of bottom end flaps at least partially overlapped to form a closed bottom of the carton, at least one bottom end flap of the plurality of bottom end flaps at least partially d...