US Patent Issued to WestRock Packaging Systems on Oct. 21 for "Article carriers and blanks therefor" (French, American, Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,190, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to WestRock Packaging Systems LLC (Atlanta).

"Article carriers and blanks therefor" was invented by Julien D. Merzeau (Chateauroux, France), Gabriel Fernandes Pine (Zamudio, Spain), Matthew E. Zacherle (Chesterfiled, Va.) and Vincent Fahrner (Chateauroux, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure relate to article carriers (90) for forming a package and blanks (10; 110; 210; 310; 410; 510) for forming the article carriers (90). The blank (10; 110; 210; 310; 410; 510) comprises at least one panel (12) having at least one article engaging structure (RT1, RT2). The at least one ...