US Patent Issued to WestRock Packaging Systems on Oct. 6 for "Article carrier and blank therefor" (Mexican Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,993, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to WestRock Packaging Systems LLC (Atlanta).

"Article carrier and blank therefor" was invented by Juan C. Palacios Hernandez (Cindad de Mexico, Mexico).

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 has a plurality of panels including a handle panel and opposed side panels. The opposed side panels are hingedly connected to opposing ends of the handle panel and are disposed about the group of articles on opposing sides thereof. A first side panel is adhered to one of the t...