US Patent Issued on March 11 for "Bag cutting and clamping assembly" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,883, issued on March 11.

"Bag cutting and clamping assembly" was invented by Gregory Roy Ruddell (Aldergrove, Canada), Robert J. Halas (Osoyoos, Canada) and Johnson Ling (Richmond, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a bag cutting and clamping assembly. The assembly includes a reciprocating blade. The assembly includes a pair of jaw members pivotally coupled together at first ends thereof and selectively couple together at second ends thereof. One of the jaw members forms a channel via which the reciprocating blade extends for selectively cutting a portion of the bag. The jaw members include a clamping mechanism ...