ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,546, issued on April 14, was assigned to WestRock Packaging Systems LLC (Atlanta).
"Packaging" was invented by Frederic Limousin (Le Poinconnet, France), Julien Merzeau (Chateauroux, France), Jean-Christophe Bonnain (Chateauroux, France), Matthew E. Zacherle (Moseley, Va.), Gerald Portrait (Mers sur Indre, France) and Dominique Perrin (Saint Maur, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure relate to a packaging system, an apparatus (400; 500; 600; 700) for forming a package, an article carrier (90; 190; 390; 490) for packaging one or more articles, a blank (10; 110; 310; 410A-B) for forming the carrier, and to a...