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

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,545, issued on July 21, was assigned to WestRock Packaging Systems LLC (Atlanta).

"Article carrier and blank therefor" was invented by Julien D. Merzeau (Chateauroux, France), Alexandre Therond (Chateauroux, France), Nicolas Teillol (Diors, France), Arnaud Demange (Bristol, Great Britain), Nathaniel B. Ball (Richmond, Va.) and Matthew E. Zacherle (Chesterfield, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure relate to a package, an article carrier for packaging one or more articles and a blank for forming the carrier. The article carrier 90; 290 comprises a pair of spaced panels including a cover panel 18/20; 118/120; 25...