US Patent Issued to Graphic Packaging International on Nov. 3 for "Carton for containers" (Dutch Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,518, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Graphic Packaging International LLC (Atlanta).

"Carton for containers" was invented by Harmen Boersma (Heerenveen, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reinforced carton includes a carton and a reinforcement construct in at least partial face-to-face contact with a portion of the carton. The carton includes a plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior of the carton, a plurality of end flaps in at least partially overlapping relation to form at least one closed end of the carton, and handle features at least partially forming a handle of the reinforced carton. The ...