ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,492, issued on March 11, was assigned to SLEEVE TECHNOLOGY, B.V (Deurne, Netherlands).
"Device for providing a tubular foil" was invented by Rick Elisabeth Josephus Petronella Michiels (Deurne, Netherlands) and Ramon Henricus Marta Van Dam (Deurne, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for providing a tubular foil comprises a frame (5) with a position for an active product holder (P4) from which the tubular foil (10) can be removed and at least one further position (P1-P5) for at least one subsequent product holder with a subsequent tubular foil (20). The device provides coupling means for attaching a leading end (25) ...