ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,277, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Freedom Technologies LLC (Green Bay, Wis.).
"Method and apparatus for opening knock down flat boxes" was invented by Barton White (Freedom, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process and apparatus to open knock down flat (KDF) boxes. An End of Arm Tool (EOAT) picks up a flat KDF box off a stack of boxes, opens the box, and tucks at least one of the flaps while the box is being transferred to a conveyor. When the box is released on the conveyor, the tucked flap allows the box to be held open as the top panel of the box rests on or presses against the edge of the flap. The open boxes may then ...