US Patent Issued to BALL HORTICULTURAL on Feb. 10 for "Systems and methods for producing seed pillows" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,623, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to BALL HORTICULTURAL COMPANY (West Chicago, Ill.).

"Systems and methods for producing seed pillows" was invented by Robert Scott Conrad (Wheaton, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for producing seed pillows are disclosed herein. An exemplary system may include a first water-soluble film that is configured to receive a seed cluster, and a second film. The exemplary system may further include an ultrasonic welding wheel and a roller with a plurality of recesses located on an outer rim of the roller. Each recess of the plurality of recesses may include a hole through which suct...