US Patent Issued to I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE on April 15 for "Apparatus and method for automatically stretching an opening flap of closed packagings" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,548, issued on April 15, was assigned to I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.P.A. (Ozzano Dell'Emilia, Italy).

"Apparatus and method for automatically stretching an opening flap of closed packagings" was invented by Gabriele Gabusi (Ozzano Dell'Emilia, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus for stretching an opening flap of a closed packaging containing at least one object includes an insufflation device configured to cooperate with a breathable portion of the packaging to insufflate gas under pressure inside it in order to make the opening flap identifiable and available for a subsequent treatment thereof."

The patent wa...