US Patent Issued to Ranpak on Aug. 4 for "Product packaging machine and method" (Finnish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,110, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Ranpak Corp. (Concord Township, Ohio).

"Product packaging machine and method" was invented by Bruno Lespinasse (Turku, Finland) and Henri Hiisila (Forssa, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for wrapping a product for shipment includes advancing a base layer in a downstream direction and placing a product for wrapping on the base layer. After the product is placed on the base layer, an adhesive is deposited onto the base layer at a location adjacent the product. A cover layer is then applied over the top of the product and the base layer. The cover layer is secured to the base layer v...