US Patent Issued to Cherokee Fabrication on April 7 for "Cotton module unwrapping systems, methods, and apparatuses" (Alabama, Mississippi Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,088, issued on April 7, was assigned to Cherokee Fabrication Co. Inc. (Salem, Ala.).

"Cotton module unwrapping systems, methods, and apparatuses" was invented by Roy Owens (Valley, Ala.) and Ira Burge (Brandon, Miss.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cotton module unwrapping systems, apparatuses, and methods for using the same are disclosed. In using the apparatus disclosed herein, a plurality of cotton modules are conveyed from a first location, such as a truck bed, onto a conveyor in such a way as to reorient the cotton modules from a horizontal to a vertical position. When the cotton modules are ready to be unwrapped, they are moved ...