ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,424, issued on July 1, was assigned to SIGNODE INDUSTRIAL GROUP LLC (Tampa, Fla.).

"Case-handling device with folding guides" was invented by Bryce J. Fox (Honesdale, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a case-handling device including movable folding guides positionable relative to a case to facilitate folding the case's upper major flaps outwardly along their respective fold lines before the case's upper minor flaps are closed."

The patent was filed on Dec. 8, 2022, under Application No. 18/063,141.

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