US Patent Issued to SWEDISH MATCH NORTH EUROPE on July 1 for "Apparatus and a method for attaching a lid to a base portion" (Swedish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,426, issued on July 1, was assigned to SWEDISH MATCH NORTH EUROPE AB (Stockholm).

"Apparatus and a method for attaching a lid to a base portion" was invented by Daniel Hafstad (Frillesas, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an apparatus (1) and a method for attaching a lid (103) to a base portion (102). The lid and the base portion form parts of a container, such as a user container (101) for a pouched product for oral use. The apparatus (1) comprises a support (3), a base portion feeder (5), adapted to place a base portion on the support, a 5 lid positioner (7) comprising a lid holder (9), and a mov...