US Patent Issued to Graphic Packaging International on Nov. 4 for "Methods and systems for forming trays" (Colorado, Minnesota, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,224, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Graphic Packaging International LLC (Atlanta).

"Methods and systems for forming trays" was invented by Joseph C. Walsh (Boulder, Colo.), Robert L. Conatser (Golden, Colo.), Mark Woodward (Lakewood, Colo.), Colin P. Ford (Woodstock, Ga.) and Shawn Westerlund (Aitkin, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming a tray includes obtaining a blank, 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 in a blank feeder assembly of a system for forming a tray...