ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,629, issued on April 8, was assigned to Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A. (Brussels).
"Packaging apparatus for secondary packages" was invented by Philippe Jean Marie Duperray (Chateauroux, France) and Wim DeKocker (Leuven, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a packaging apparatus for in-line packaging wrapping of a foldable blank around a receiving load that is simultaneously dropped onto the loading space of the foldable blank. The packaging apparatus includes a support means adapted to receive a supply of one or more foldable blanks. The support means includes a support frame supported onto two or more pa...