US Patent Issued to WestRock Packaging Systems on Sept. 29 for "Article carrier and blank therefor" (American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,079, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to WestRock Packaging Systems LLC (Atlanta).

"Article carrier and blank therefor" was invented by Jean-Michel Garnier (Issoudun, France), Phillippe Derouault (Paris), Kenneth C. Smith (Marietta, Ga.), Jonathan Lyon (Joliet, Ill.), Jeffrey S. James (Elmhurst, Ill.), Matthew E. Zacherle (Moseley, Va.) and Emma Wingerd (Richmond, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure relate to a package, an article carrier (90; 190; 290; 390; 490) for packaging one or more articles (B) and a blank (10; 110; 210; 310; 410) for forming the carrier. The article carrier (90; 190; 290; 390; 490) c...