ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,461, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Walmart Apollo LLC (Bentonville, Ark.).
"Automated container cutting system and method" was invented by James Benjamin Edwards (Fayetteville, Ark.) and Paul Durkee (Centerton, Ark.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated container cutting system includes a cutting tool configured to cut a container and a force feedback sensor operatively connected to the cutting tool. The force feedback sensor is configured to measure resistive force exerted on the cutting tool. The automated container cutting system includes a processor communicatively coupled to the force feedback sensor. The processor is c...