ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,271, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Lantech.com LLC (Louisville, Ky.).

"Load wrapping apparatus and method with self-balancing paper-based packaging material dispenser" was invented by Curtis W. Martin (Georgetown, Ind.), Jean-Louis Limousin (Louisville, Ky.), Michael P. Mitchell (Louisville, Ky.) and Patrick R. Lancaster III (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for wrapping a load, comprising: a self-balancing paper-based packaging material dispenser configured to dispense paper-based packaging material to the load, the self-balancing paper-based packaging material dispenser including an exit point config...