US Patent Issued to WestRock Shared Services on Oct. 7 for "Package, article carrier and blank therefor" (Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,893, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to WestRock Shared Services LLC (Atlanta).

"Package, article carrier and blank therefor" was invented by Caleb S. Loftin (Richmond, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure relate to a package, a carrier for packaging one or more articles and a blank (10) for forming the carrier. The package comprises a carrier having a base wall (14, 20, 26; 114, 120, 126), opposed side walls (12, 28; 112, 128) and opposed end walls to define an interior. The carrier may take the form of an open topped tray. The package further comprises a plurality of articles disposed in the interior of the ca...