US Patent Issued to WestRock Packaging Systems on April 21 for "Article carrier and blank therefor" (French, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,356, issued on April 21, was assigned to WestRock Packaging Systems LLC (Atlanta).

"Article carrier and blank therefor" was invented by Julien Merzeau (Chateauroux, France), Pascal Martini (Le Poinconnet, France), Jean-Michel Garnier (Issoudun, France), Lauren N. Chesnet (Henrico, Va.) and Jonathan Lyon (Joliet, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure relate to an article carrier (90; 290; 490) for packaging one or more articles and to a blank (10; 110; 210; 310; 410) for forming the carrier. The carrier comprises a main panel (12; 112; 212, 222; 312, 322A, 322B; 412, 422A, 422B) including an article retention ...