US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on Sept. 2 for "Flexible enclosure having a seal and method and system for making the same" (Illinois, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,077, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Flexible enclosure having a seal and method and system for making the same" was invented by Dave Matthews (Gilman, Ill.) and Matt Nysted (Kennesaw, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Flexible enclosure includes a front wall and a back wall that oppose each other and a side wall that joins the front and back walls. The front wall, the back wall, and the side wall are discrete sections. The front wall and the back wall are attached to opposite edges of the side wall. The side wall is configured to have a slit between top and bottom wall portions of the ...