ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,567, issued on May 27, was assigned to PROVISUR TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Chicago).

"Releasable side strapping assembly for a food product slicing apparatus" was invented by Ryan Michael Torrenga (Bourbonnais, Ill.) and Michael Scott Severns (Naperville, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A food product slicing apparatus for slicing food products into slices is provided. A frame mounts a drive assembly which is configured to move the food products relative to the frame, a side strapping assembly which side straps a side of the food product, and a slicing blade configured to slice the food products into slices. The side strapping assembly i...