US Patent Issued to Tension International on Sept. 29 for "Item packaging machine with longitudinal and lateral package sizing" (Colorado, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,058, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Tension International Inc. (Kansas City, Mo.).

"Item packaging machine with longitudinal and lateral package sizing" was invented by Sameer Kurane (Irvine, Calif.), Nicholas Long (Aurora, Colo.), Lexi Wightman (Aurora, Colo.) and Anthony Barone (Aurora, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An item packaging machine includes an induction conveyor module, a height sizing conveyor module, a first sealing assembly, a package draw conveyor module, a width trim conveyor module, and a second sealing assembly. A gripper assembly comprising a gripping device is configured to engage an unsealed side of...