ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,417, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to G.MONDINI S.P.A. (Cologne, Italy).

"Apparatus for applying a lid to a support containing a product" was invented by Paolo Carlo Mondini (Cologne, Italy), Daniel Paderni (Castegnato, Italy) and Silvano Bosio (Cologne, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for applying a lid (2) to a support (3) containing a product. The apparatus (1) comprises a supporting element (10), having a contact portion (13), and a closing element (11), having a fixing portion (17), which are movable between a home position and a working position, in which the closing element (11) is partly inserted into the ...