ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,846, issued on May 26, was assigned to CO2 PACKAGING LLC (Sarasota, Fla.).
"Auto-mask for packaging" was invented by Joseph Cicci (Bloomfield, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus for automatically attaching a decorative mask to an underlying tray, where the tray has apertures for the placement therein of customer products and the mask has apertures corresponding to those of the tray. The apparatus includes mechanisms for placing the masks and the trays along conveyor belts, for applying glue to the top surface of the tray for enabling the tray and mask to be attached, and sensing means for determining the respective location...