US Patent Issued to ARNOLD PACKAGING on April 1 for "Method of automating filling and packaging of flat retention inserts" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,975, issued on April 1, was assigned to ARNOLD PACKAGING COMPANY (Sparrows Point, Md.).

"Method of automating filling and packaging of flat retention inserts" was invented by Michael W. Arnold (Baltimore), Cailin D. Mazan (Annapolis, Md.) and Kevin R. McHenry (Fallston, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of automating filling and packaging of flat retention inserts is conducted on an assembly line that includes three stations. A first station includes a magazine for storing a plurality of stacked flat retention inserts. A second station includes a folding mechanism configured to fold the flat retention insert into various or...