US Patent Issued to WestRock Packaging Systems on Feb. 24 for "Article carrier and blank therefor" (American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,294, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to WestRock Packaging Systems LLC (Atlanta).

"Article carrier and blank therefor" was invented by Jean-Michel Garnier (Issoudun, France) and Matthew E. Zacherle (Moseley, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure relate to an article carrier for packaging one or more articles and a blank for forming the carrier. The article carrier comprises a plurality of top-engaging openings or engaging structures each having an annular series of engaging teeth or tabs along the perimeter of that opening. The annular series of engaging tabs of each opening is interrupted by at most two gaps. ...