ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,029, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Lantech.com LLC (Louisville, Ky.).

"Dynamic adjustment of wrap force parameter responsive to monitored wrap force and/or for film break reduction" was invented by Patrick R. Lancaster III (Louisville, Ky.), Michael P. Mitchell (Louisville, Ky.), Richard L. Johnson (LaGrange, Ky.) and Jeremy D. McCray (Waddy, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, apparatus and program product monitor a wrap force during a wrap cycle to dynamically control the dispense rate of a packaging material dispenser to meet a desired containment force to be applied to a load. A conversion may be performed between wra...