US Patent Issued to WestRock Packaging Systems on Jan. 20 for "Article carrier and blank therefor" (American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,629, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to WestRock Packaging Systems LLC (Atlanta).

"Article carrier and blank therefor" was invented by Alex N. Barrette (Richmond, Va.), Matthew E. Zacherle (Chesterfield, Va.) 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 package, a carrier (90) for packaging one or more articles (B, B1, B2) and a blank (10; 110; 210; 310A, 310B) for forming the carrier. The package comprises an article carrier and one or more articles. The carrier comprises a main panel (14) having at least two article retention structures for receiving and securing th...