US Patent Issued to EMS GROUP on March 18 for "Interlocking packaging article and its forming method and apparatus" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,306, issued on March 18, was assigned to EMS GROUP S.P.A. (Montecchio Emilia, Italy).

"Interlocking packaging article and its forming method and apparatus" was invented by Giovanni Ronconi (Montecchio Emilia, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Packaging article, made by means of a sheet of folding material, the article including a base wall, sidewalls connected with the edges of the base wall by folding lines. Two preferably opposite sidewalls include an extension flap, which protrudes from ends of the sidewalls and is connected thereto by a folding line. The extension flap folds, arranging itself in face-to-face relationship with...