ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,657, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Holweg Group (Molsheim, France).

"Flexible bag having a convertible bottom, method and machine for manufacturing same" was invented by Cedric Ritondo (Molsheim, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bag made of flexible material has a first and a second segment having cheeks along their selvages, the cheeks being joined together so as to form two gussets joining the segments together, one end of the bag perpendicular to the selvages being closed. The bag has a system of at least one reinforcing panel extending over a central part of the segments, between the gussets, each segment having a fol...