ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,057, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to ROBOPAC S.P.A. (Acquaviva-Gualdicciolo, San Marino).

"Self-propelled wrapping machine and wrapping method" was invented by Cristiano Casale (Acquaviva-Gualdicciolo, San Marino), Massimo Grassi (Acquaviva-Gualdicciolo, San Marino) and Fabio Toma (Acquaviva-Gualdicciolo, San Marino).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-propelled wrapping machine has an anchoring element including a base adapted to abut a supporting plane and connected to an upper plate, and a locking element between the upper plate and the base. The locking element and base are movable relative to each other between closed and open...