US Patent Issued to INTERNATIONAL PAPER on July 22 for "Container for dispensing flexible sheet product and associated blank" (Mississippi Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,506, issued on July 22, was assigned to INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Container for dispensing flexible sheet product and associated blank" was invented by Jack Lawrence Lane (Southaven, Miss.) and Charles Aaron Alexander (Hernando, Miss.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container including a drop panel to facilitate dispensing of material from the container and a blank for forming the container. The drop panel is formed from a portion of an end panel alone or a portion of the end panel and an entirety of a top flange. When the container is assembled, a dispensing ledge is formed by folding the drop panel toward an o...