ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,588, issued on July 14, was assigned to INNOVATION ASSOCIATES INC. (Binghamton, N.Y.).
"Systems and methods for labeling various shapes of containers in a unit-of-use machine" was invented by Charles Edward Eller (Prescott, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for labeling various shapes of containers are disclosed. The systems and methods simplify the complete process of labeling by only requiring a pick point to retrieve the container and a single labeling position that is not container specific. The picking and labeling are agnostic to the container. The system only cares that the container is picked and labele...