US Patent Issued to Cryovac on June 10 for "Heat shrink apparatus and device for packaging, and packaging line and process using said heat shrink apparatus and device" (Italian, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,571, issued on June 10, was assigned to Cryovac LLC (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Heat shrink apparatus and device for packaging, and packaging line and process using said heat shrink apparatus and device" was invented by Riccardo Palumbo (Arona, Italy), Giulio Benedetti (Solbiate Arno, Italy), Silvia Bottini (Lissone, Italy), Stefan Landolt (Obernau, Switzerland) and Peter Thurig (Eich, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A package comprises a plastic bag delimiting a seat sealingly housing a product. The plastic bag has plastic film walls (4) and at least one sealing band connecting together opposed wall portions of the plastic film w...