US Patent Issued to WestRock Packaging Systems on March 25 for "Article carrier and blank therfor" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,190, issued on March 25, was assigned to WestRock Packaging Systems LLC (Atlanta).

"Article carrier and blank therfor" was invented by Bradford J. Walling (Chesterfield, Va.) and Matthew E. Zacherle (Moseley, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure relate to a top engaging article carrier (90) for packaging one or more articles (B) and a blank (10, 110, 210, 310, 410, 510) for forming the carrier. The top-engaging article carrier comprises an engaging panel having an upper panel (12A) and a lower panel (12B) disposed in face to face contacting relationship with each other. The article carrier comprises a top eng...