US Patent Issued to INTERTAPE POLYMER on March 17 for "Cartoning machine for multiple, different carton configurations and method of use" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,009, issued on March 17, was assigned to INTERTAPE POLYMER CORP. (Fla.).

"Cartoning machine for multiple, different carton configurations and method of use" was invented by David Showman (Wheaton, Ill.) and Bojan Jovanovic (Glen Elyn, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cartoning machine including a carton supply station (e.g., a rotary carton supply station, a linear carton supply station, a non-linear carton supply station, or the like) and a handling station operatively coupled to the carton supply station. The carton supply station provides, on a selective basis, cartons, such as carton blanks, pre-formed cartons, or the like....