ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,666, issued on July 15, was assigned to ROBOPAC S.P.A. (Acquaviva-Gualdicciolo, San Marino).

"Self-propelled wrapping machine and wrapping and control methods" was invented by Valerio Savioli (Acquaviva-Gualdicciolo, San Marino), Alberto Brizi (Acquaviva-Gualdicciolo, San Marino) and Massimo Grassi (Acquaviva-Gualdicciolo, San Marino).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-propelled wrapping machine movable on a supporting plane to wrap a load with a film has a self-propelled carriage provided with a drive wheel, an upright slidably supporting an unwinding unit provided with a reel of film, an actuator to operate the drive wheel and th...