ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,615, issued on July 14, was assigned to WestRock Packaging Systems LLC (Atlanta).
"Blank for forming an article carrier" was invented by Linh L. Kooc (Richmond, Va.), Wayne A. Cameron (Midlothian, Va.), David W. Miller (Rockville, Va.), Stephen G. Simmons (Chesterfield, Va.), Casey P. Grey (Richmond, Va.), Meredith W. Allin (Richmond, Va.), Bradford J. Walling (Chesterfield, Va.) and Matthew E. Zacherle (Moseley, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blank (1)0 for forming an article carrier (90) has a main panel (12) which includes at least one article retention structure R1 having an aperture A1 defined in the main panel and one or ...