US Patent Issued to Graphic Packaging International on Jan. 13 for "End flap engagement assembly for erecting cartons and related systems and methods" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,956, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Graphic Packaging International LLC (Atlanta).

"End flap engagement assembly for erecting cartons and related systems and methods" was invented by Kyle Lucy (Atlanta) and Nicholas Evans (Canton, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of at least partially erecting a carton includes loading a blank in a blank infeed assembly, the blank having a plurality of panels and a plurality of end flaps foldably connected to a respective panel of the plurality of panels. The method further includes positioning the blank on at least one conveyor assembly configured to move the blank in a downstream dir...