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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2020
Applicant:
Graphic Packaging International, Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventor:
Joseph C. Walsh, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
Graphic Packaging International, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B31B 50/74 (2017.01); B31B 50/36 (2017.01); B31B 100/00 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B31B 50/741 (2017.08); B31B 50/36 (2017.08); B31B 2100/00 (2017.08);
Abstract
A method of at least partially forming a carton includes obtaining a blank comprising at least one fold line, heating an interior surface of the blank along the at least one fold line to form a heated fold line, and folding the blank about the heated fold line.