ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,490, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Graphic Packaging International LLC (Atlanta).
"Carrier for containers" was invented by Harmen Boersma (Heerenveen, Netherlands) and Ralf Mathei (Euskirchen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A carrier for holding a plurality of containers includes a plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior of the carrier, the plurality of panels including a plurality of side panels and at least one bottom panel foldably connected to a respective panel of the plurality of panels, locking features in the at least one bottom panel for at least partially maintaining a formed configu...