ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,253, issued on July 15, was assigned to SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS S.A.S. (Octeville-sur-Mer, France).
"Device and method for forming a container by folding" was invented by Damien Cirette (Corcelles-les-Citeaux, France) and Arnaud Prieur (Corcelles-les-Citeaux, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for forming a container by folding a cardboard sheet having a lid and notably a tab. The forming device comprising a conveyor driving said cardboard sheet in a direction of travel and a device for folding over said lid. The folding-over device comprises a pressing surface for pressing on said lid, and the pressing surface is configured...