ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,694, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Blanking Systems Inc. (Grafton, Wis.).

"Presser assembly with magnetic biasing" was invented by Russell A. Kempka Jr. (Grafton, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A presser assembly is provided for supporting a carton blank. The presser assembly includes a housing having a cavity formed therein. A presser plunger is telescopically received in the housing. The presser plunger is slidable between a first retracted position wherein the presser plunger is at least substantially received with the cavity in the housing and an extended position wherein the presser plunger projects from the open end of ...