ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,326, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Irwin Research and Development Inc. (Yakima, Wash.).
"Closure strip guide and method" was invented by Dale L Vantrease (Naches, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A closure strip guide is provided having a front plate, a back plate and a plate keeper. The back plate is carried proximate and spaced from the front plate to provide a gap thickness configured to guide a strip of clips. The plate keeper is configured to retain together the front plate and the back plate to retain the gap thickness to slidably receive and guide the strip of clips. The plate keeper also expands the gap thickness bet...