US Patent Issued to Packaging Corporation of America on Sept. 15 for "Packaging items with locking rollover flaps" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,223, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Packaging Corporation of America (Lake Forest, Ill.).

"Packaging items with locking rollover flaps" was invented by Nicholas A Philips (Sugar Grove, Ill.) and Keith A. Jackson (Round Lake, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container includes side walls and end walls including a first end wall panel. A first end flap is coupled to the first side wall panel and has an upper edge defining a notch. A second end flap is coupled to the second side wall panel on the opposite side of the first end wall panel from the first end flap and has an upper edge defining a notch. A rollover flap is couple...