ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,978, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to DS SMITH PLC (London).
"Blank and box obtainable therefrom" was invented by Russell Turner (Monmouth, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blank is provided which has a chassis of corrugated cardboard where a series of a quadrangular closure flap, a quadrangular cover panel, a first quadrangular lateral panel, a quadrangular bottom panel and a second quadrangular lateral panel are individuated by crease lines. Each panel is provided with left and right quadrangular flaps, respectively. The blank has four compression members of corrugated cardboard glued to an internal face of the ch...