US Patent Issued to R.A JONES & Co. on Feb. 10 for "Method for packaging articles in boxes and packaging device operating according to such a method" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,457, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to R.A JONES & Co.

"Method for packaging articles in boxes and packaging device operating according to such a method" was invented by Andrea Biondi (Bologna, Italy), Luca Cavazza (Bologna, Italy), Ivanoe Bertuzzi (Bologna, Italy), Enrico Campagnoli (Bologna, Italy), Marco Ghini (Bologna, Italy) and Luca Borderi (Bologna, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for packaging articles in boxes includes composing a mandrel from separate units, depositing at least one article inside the mandrel, wrapping a blank around the mandrel to form a box that is at least partially closed around the articl...