ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,403, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to WALTER SURFACE TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Pointe-Claire, Canada).

"Package for abrasive wheels" was invented by Marc Brunet Gagne (Pointe-Claire, Canada), Mykolai Dutkewych (Pointe-Claire, Canada) and James Watkins (Raynham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A package for abrasive wheels is provided. The package comprises a base providing an inner space between a side surface, an open end having a diameter Dopen and a closing plane end having a diameter Dclosed, the inner space being adapted to contain stacked abrasive wheels having a diameter Dwheel, the side surface having a projecting portion hav...