US Patent Issued to BROWN on Sept. 8 for "Paperboard pressing tool" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,612, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to BROWN LLC (Beaverton, Mich.).

"Paperboard pressing tool" was invented by Steffen Brown (Beaverton, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multistage press machine for applying pressure to a blank to form a part comprises an upper plate assembly, a lower plate assembly, a top tool, and a bottom tool. The upper plate assembly couples to a system which lowers and raises the upper plate assembly. The lower plate assembly couples to the system to raise and lower the lower plate assembly. The top tool is attached to the upper plate assembly and configured to form a plurality of upper features in an u...