ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,190, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).
"Wrap removal device" was invented by Joseph Michael Fisher (Cheektowaga, N.Y.), Trevor James Powers (Batavia, N.Y.) and Michael Patrick Fay Seguin (Niagara Falls, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wrap removal device includes (a) an engagement surface configured to receive a container having an outer wrapping and (b) one or more delivery elements disposed on or in the engagement surface. The one or more delivery elements are configured to generate energy that one or more of melts, cuts, or weakens the outer wrapping along a path without melting,...