ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,105, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to JLS Automation (York, Pa.).
"Automated gripping tool" was invented by Corey Wagner (Glen Rock, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The automated gripping tool enables a user to move a food product from a first position to a second position while maintaining the integrity and appearance of the food product. The automated gripping tool makes use of flexible gripping elements on the ends of banks of opposing pairs of gripping arms. The flexible gripping elements are positioned to cradle a stacked food product between them with sufficient force to allow the food product to be repositioned and withou...