US Patent Issued to Pregis on Sept. 9 for "Dunnage systems with automated feeding capability" (Illinois, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,630, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Pregis LLC (Chicago).

"Dunnage systems with automated feeding capability" was invented by Thomas D. Wetsch (Naples, Fla.) and David Joyce (Naperville, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dunnage conversion machine includes a drive mechanism configured to deform a stock material into a continuous length of dunnage. The machine also includes a cutting device configured to sever a piece of the dunnage from the continuous length of dunnage. The cutting device includes a grip configured to move to a closed position at which the grip exerts a force on the piece of dunnage to retain the piece on th...