US Patent Issued to WestRock Packaging Systems on Dec. 2 for "Systems and methods for packaging articles within a carton" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,066, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to WestRock Packaging Systems LLC (Atlanta).

"Systems and methods for packaging articles within a carton" was invented by Jean-Christophe Bonnain (Chateauroux, France) and Emmanuel Davaillon (Chateauroux, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packaging system includes a conveyor configured to convey a group of articles and a blank along a packaging path. The packaging system includes a folding machine configured to fold a first end panel of the blank relative to a main panel of the blank and to fold a second end panel of the blank relative to the main panel, after the first end panel is folded, as...