US Patent Issued to WestRock MWV on Aug. 19 for "Reinforced paperboard tray, method for manufacturing a reinforced paperboard tray, and method for using a paperboard tray" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,426, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to WestRock MWV LLC (Atlanta).

"Reinforced paperboard tray, method for manufacturing a reinforced paperboard tray, and method for using a paperboard tray" was invented by Ronald J. Binshtok (Quinton, Va.), William Statelman (Richmond, Va.) and Trisha J. Massenzo (Richmond, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reinforced paperboard tray includes a coated paperboard in the form of a bottom wall, a side wall extending upwardly around the bottom wall, and a curved flange extending outwardly around the side wall. The coated paperboard includes a single-ply paperboard substrate having a first major side...