ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,553, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to WestRock Packaging Systems LLC (Atlanta).
"Article carrier and blank therefor" was invented by Jean-Michel Garnier (Issoudun, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure relate to a package, an article-engaging carrier for packaging one or more articles and a blank for forming the carrier. Then carrier comprises a top panel with at least one article-engaging feature. At least one shoulder panel is hingedly connected to the top panel and is disposed obliquely with respect to the top panel. The at least one engaging feature comprises an article-receiving aperture and an annula...