US Patent Issued to WestRock Packaging Systems on July 15 for "Article top engaging device, article carrier and blank therefor" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,705, issued on July 15, was assigned to WestRock Packaging Systems LLC (Atlanta).

"Article top engaging device, article carrier and blank therefor" was invented by Matthew E. Zacherle (Moseley, Va.), Alex N. Barrette (Richmond, Va.), Cullen B. Rosenbrien (Richmond, Va.) and Tsugihiko Suzuki (Henrico, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure relate to an article top engaging device, a carrier for packaging one or more articles and a blank for forming the carrier. The article top engaging device comprises an engaging panel (12; 112; 212; 312; 412; 512; 612; 712) having at least one top-receiving opening (A1, A2, A3,...