US Patent Issued to WestRock Shared Services on Nov. 3 for "Containers with integral divider handles and blanks therefor" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,516, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to WestRock Shared Services LLC (Atlanta).

"Containers with integral divider handles and blanks therefor" was invented by John Valencia (Johns Creek, Ga.) and Alyssa J. Scherer (Duluth, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blank for a container configured to carry a plurality of articles can include a plurality of side panels configured to form a wall defining an interior space, a plurality of bottom panels connected to a the plurality of side panels and configured to interact with each other to form an autobottom. The autobottom can be configured to cover at least a portion of a bottom of the inter...