US Patent Issued to Ward-Kraft on April 21 for "Labeling systems and methods of making and using same" (Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,339, issued on April 21, was assigned to Ward-Kraft Inc. (Pittsburg, Kan.).

"Labeling systems and methods of making and using same" was invented by Jesse D. Crum (Fort Scott, Kan.), Young Min Yoo (Fort Scott, Kan.), Randy Zimmerman (Fort Scott, Kan.), Doug Defebaugh (Fort Scott, Kan.) and Roger Kraft (Fort Scott, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for printing and applying labels is provided. The method comprises printing indicia on a first label using a printer to form a first printed label and holding said the label in a holding tray. An arm is rotated in a first direction from an original to collect the label from the h...