ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,332, issued on April 21, was assigned to R.A JONES & Co. (Covington, Ky.).

"Packaging unit for packaging articles into boxes and relative packaging method" was invented by Andrea Biondi (Bologna, Italy), Luca Cavazza (Bologna, Italy), Ivanoe Bertuzzi (Bologna, Italy), Enrico Campagnoli (Bologna, Italy) and Antonio Gigante (Bologna, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packaging unit for packaging articles into boxes includes a mandrel and a folding device. The mandrel is configured to accommodate at least one of the articles and is adapted to be at least partially wrapped by a blank. The blank has an outer flap and an inner flap i...