US Patent Issued to Graphic Packaging International on July 8 for "Container with liner" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,370, issued on July 8, was assigned to Graphic Packaging International LLC (Atlanta).

"Container with liner" was invented by Paul Tye (Buckinghamshire, Great Britain), Elliot Hithersay (Derbyshire, Great Britain) and Jamie Skipper (Leicester, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container for holding a food product. The container can comprise a base layer and a liner at least partially attached to an inner surface of the base layer, a flange comprising a central panel, an opening extending in the central panel, and a sidewall comprising a plurality of panels. Each panel of the plurality of panels can be foldably connected to...