ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,676, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Grasshopper Rollers LLC (Clinton Township, Mich.).
"Cigarette rolling machine" was invented by Catherine Kirk (Clinton Township, Mich.), Stavros Toma (Clinton Township, Mich.) and Michael Sulkowski (Commerce, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cigarette rolling machine formed of a frame pivotably supporting a drum for rotation about a drum axis. The drum circumference forms hopper channel and a spaced apart removal channel parallel to the axis. A forming roller is pivotably mounted adjacent to and spaced from the surface of the drum. An idler roller is also pivotably supported on the frame ...