ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,962, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Yum Connect LLC (Louisville, Ky.).
"Film securing apparatus and method" was invented by Antonio Michael Cittadino (Appleton, Wis.), Mark Edwin Peters (New London, Wis.), Lenox Gregory Wilson (Alpharetta, Ga.), Roy J. Rozek (Neenah, Wis.) and Erik Lips (Greenville, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus may include a film support roller supporting a film roll and a housing that may include a sealing portion having an aperture sized to receive a top portion of a container. The housing may define a film path leading from the film roll to the sealing portion. A guide support assembly may...