ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,058, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to ROBOPAC S.P.A. (Acquaviva-Gualdicciolo, San Marino).

"Machine for wrapping a load" was invented by Giuseppina Italiano (Acquaviva-Gualdicciolo, San Marino), Simone Pari (Acquaviva-Gualdicciolo, San Marino), Marco Bernardi (Acquaviva-Gualdicciolo, San Marino) and Michael Mancini (Acquaviva-Gualdicciolo, San Marino).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wrapping machine for wrapping a load with a paper band has a table to support the load and rotatable about a wrapping axis, an unwinding apparatus including a supporting frame to rotatably support a reel of paper band rollers to unwind and guide the paper...