US Patent Issued to Graphic Packaging International on March 11 for "Shipping and dispensing construct" (Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,901, issued on March 11, was assigned to Graphic Packaging International LLC (Atlanta).

"Shipping and dispensing construct" was invented by Karen L. Mills (Limerick, Pa.), Mark Zammit (Douglasville, Ga.) and Scott Thomas Strand (Lake Elmo, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shipping and dispensing construct for engaging a plurality of product holding containers includes a plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior of the shipping and dispensing construct and including a front panel, a top panel, at least one central panel, and at least one side panel. The shipping and dispensing construct further include...