US Patent Issued to Altria Client Services on May 20 for "Slide measuring system for filling pouches and associated method" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,672, issued on May 20, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Slide measuring system for filling pouches and associated method" was invented by Herbert Carrington Longest Jr. (Midlothian, Va.), Jarrod W. Chalkley (Mechanicsville, Va.), Tamika S. Murrell (Richmond, Va.), Leah A. Meyers (Midlothian, Va.), Jeremy J. Straight (Midlothian, Va.) and Travis M. Garthaffner (Midlothian, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for metering a granular material for packaging in pouches are disclosed. A system includes a hopper structured and arranged to hold a granular material in a hopper cavity. The system ...