ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,397, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Multi Packaging Solutions UK Ltd..
"Container" was invented by Tom J. Whatling (Harleston, Great Britain), Scott Alexander (Richmond, Great Britain), Richard P. Throup (Nottinghamshire, Great Britain) and Raymond De Rouwe (Nottinghamshire, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided herein a container with four side wall panels 10, 12, 14, 16, four base panels 36, 38, 40, 42 connected thereto about fold lines and a glue panel 18. The container has an overwrap layer 8 covering the panels 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 36, 38, 40, 42. The overwrap layer 8 has overhanging portions 70, 72 w...