ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,533, issued on April 22, was assigned to Fameccanica.Data S.p.A. (San Giovanni Teatino Chieti, Italy).

"Device and unit for transversely stretching elastic films" was invented by Gabriele Sablone (San Giovanni Teatino, Italy) and Antonio D'Alberto (San Giovanni Teatino, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stretching device for transversely stretching elastic films includes first and second stretching members having respective first and second axes of rotation inclined with respect to each other, and a driving assembly for driving the first and second stretching members in rotation about the respective axes of rotation, wherein the ...