ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,932, issued on April 22, was assigned to WestRock Packaging Systems LLC (Atlanta).
"Carton and blank therefor" was invented by Eric Boukredine (Ambrault, France) and Julien D. Merzeau (Chateauroux, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure relate to a carton for packaging one or more articles, a blank for forming the carton and a method of packaging articles. The carton (90) comprises a plurality of primary panels (12, 14, 16, 18, 20) for forming a tubular structure and an end closure structure for at least partially closing an end of the tubular structure. The primary panels (12, 14, 16, 18, 20) include a top pa...