ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,228, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to ATIU S.R.L. (Italy).
"Method and apparatus for decorating objects by means of sublimatic inks" was invented by Tito Trevisan (Verona, Italy) and Alessandro Volpato (Verona, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for decorating objects by means of sublimatic inks, which provides for the steps that consist in providing a shrink-wrap sheet-like element to which at least one layer of sublimatic inks is applied and joining two opposite ends of the sheet-like element in order to obtain a sleeve with the face of the sheet-like element directed toward the inside of the sleeve, inserting axially ...