ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,824, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to PreRoll Press Inc. (Spokane, Wash.).
"Pre-rolled cone filling, packing, finishing, and extruding method and apparatus" was invented by Wesley D. Tuttle (Spokane Valley, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and method adapted for making and extruding cigarettes, such as marijuana cigarettes, the apparatus comprised of a plate with a working surface, an extruding surface, a rim portion, a plurality of tapered holes that hold pre-rolled cones, a base attached to the plate, and having crimping means, tamping means, and extruding means for finishing cigarettes, these means provided as indi...