ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,631, issued on April 1, was assigned to BROWN LLC (Beaverton, Mich.).
"Low profile product extractor for thermoformed products" was invented by Victor L. Chun (Beaverton, Mich.) and Robert Abel (Beaverton, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressware extractor assembly includes an elongated transport rail, a first car, a second car, and a powered drive mechanism. The first car includes a first car frame and a plurality of extractor elements operable to releasably hold respective products. The second car is slidably supported by the transport rail to slide laterally relative to the transport rail along the lateral rail axis, with ...