Patents Assigned to L.P. Brown Company, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11142382
    Abstract: In a continuous roll of wrapping material for crops such as cotton or hay, or other objects, the individual wrapping segments are arranged so that a closing adhesive is part of a sealing accessory and otherwise protected by other structures of the sealing accessory until the point when this closing adhesive is to be exposed for securing a wrapping segment to itself, for example when encircling a subject bale harvested from a field, wherein adjacent wrapping segments separate from each other either at a point of weakness associated with perforations and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: L.P. BROWN COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: James L. Hayes
  • Patent number: 10787335
    Abstract: The current disclosure involves the arrangement and efficient deployment of self-adhering flexible sheet material in individual segments to encircle a bale of harvested material and isolate it from the wind, precipitation, and other elements as it remains in the field following the formation of the bale attendant with harvesting of the crop, until collected for further processing. For use with harvested crops such as cotton or hay, the individual wrapping segments further comprise adhering members, which cause a portion of a wrapping segment, generally found at what is considered a trailing end during a wrapping cycle, to releasably attach to adhering members on an opposite surface of the same wrapping segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: L.P. BROWN COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: James L. Hayes
  • Patent number: 10710786
    Abstract: Improved object wrapping materials exhibiting a number of beneficial properties to overcome prior deficiencies are provided. Such properties include the inclusion of a separation interface overlay that allows for greater rigidity at the leading and trailing edges of such wraps. Also, the inclusion of shear-reducing wrap material portions is described, as well as recoil reduction structures within the leading edge regions. Furthermore, core adhesive additions allow for greater resiliency to the base wrap material as it unwinds therefrom, reducing potential waste wrap products by permitting greater amounts of wrap materials in use. Other considerations include the ability, through proper configuration designs, to position a wrap separation indicator within a certain range of distances from the trailing edge, thereby providing greater reliability of wrap application device disengagement during wrap application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: L.P. BROWN COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Porter, James L. Hayes
  • Publication number: 20190322477
    Abstract: The current disclosure involves the arrangement and efficient deployment of self-adhering flexible sheet material in individual segments to encircle a bale of harvested material and isolate it from the wind, precipitation, and other elements as it remains in the field following the formation of the bale attendant with harvesting of the crop, until collected for further processing. For use with harvested crops such as cotton or hay, the individual wrapping segments further comprise adhering members, which cause a portion of a wrapping segment, generally found at what is considered a trailing end during a wrapping cycle, to releasably attach to adhering members on an opposite surface of the same wrapping segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: L.P. BROWN COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: James L. Hayes
  • Patent number: 10384899
    Abstract: The current disclosure involves the arrangement and efficient deployment of self-adhering flexible sheet material in individual segments to encircle a bale of harvested material and isolate it from the wind, precipitation, and other elements as it remains in the field following the formation of the bale attendant with harvesting of the crop, until collected for further processing. For use with harvested crops such as cotton or hay, the individual wrapping segments further comprise adhering members, which cause a portion of a wrapping segment, generally found at what is considered a trailing end during a wrapping cycle, to releasably attach to adhering members on an opposite surface of the same wrapping segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: L.P. BROWN COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: James L. Hayes
  • Patent number: 10377545
    Abstract: Improved object wrapping materials exhibiting a number of beneficial properties to overcome prior deficiencies are provided. Such properties include the inclusion of a separation interface overlay that allows for greater rigidity at the leading and trailing edges of such wraps. Also, the inclusion of shear-reducing wrap material portions is described, as well as recoil reduction structures within the leading edge regions. Furthermore, core adhesive additions allow for greater resiliency to the base wrap material as it unwinds therefrom, reducing potential waste wrap products by permitting greater amounts of wrap materials in use. Other considerations include the ability, through proper configuration designs, to position a wrap separation indicator within a certain range of distances from the trailing edge, thereby providing greater reliability of wrap application device disengagement during wrap application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: L.P. BROWN COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Porter, James L. Hayes
  • Patent number: 10264732
    Abstract: In a continuous roll of wrapping material for crops such as cotton or hay, the individual wrapping segments are arranged so that a permanent adhesive is protected until the point when this adhesive is to be exposed for securing a wrapping segment to itself, encircling a subject bale located in and harvested from a field, wherein the contiguous wrapping segments separate from each other either at a point of weakness associated with perforations and the like, or as overlaid segments that slidably come apart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: L.P. BROWN COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Porter, James L. Hayes
  • Patent number: 10257986
    Abstract: A continuous roll of wrapping material for crops such as baled cotton wherein wrapping segments are set off by spaced transverse lines of slits or scoring for predictable separation during the wrapping process. Protection of the transverse lines and sealing assistance may be included by the addition of an adhesive layer and a V-fold over the transverse lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: L.P. BROWN COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Porter, James L. Hayes
  • Publication number: 20180105297
    Abstract: Improved object wrapping materials exhibiting a number of beneficial properties to overcome prior deficiencies are provided. Such properties include the inclusion of a separation interface overlay that allows for greater rigidity at the leading and trailing edges of such wraps. Also, the inclusion of shear-reducing wrap material portions is described, as well as recoil reduction structures within the leading edge regions. Furthermore, core adhesive additions allow for greater resiliency to the base wrap material as it unwinds therefrom, reducing potential waste wrap products by permitting greater amounts of wrap materials in use. Other considerations include the ability, through proper configuration designs, to position a wrap separation indicator within a certain range of distances from the trailing edge, thereby providing greater reliability of wrap application device disengagement during wrap application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: L.P. BROWN COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Porter, James L. Hayes
  • Patent number: 9901034
    Abstract: A continuous roll of wrapping material for crops such as baled cotton wherein wrapping segments are set off by spaced transverse lines of slits or scoring for predictable separation during the wrapping process. Protection of the transverse lines and sealing assistance may be included by the addition of an adhesive layer and a V-fold over the transverse lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: L.P. BROWN COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Porter, James L. Hayes
  • Patent number: 8418734
    Abstract: A cover for a module of fibrous material consists of a top member; a first side wall member with a first gap at its midpoint; a second side wall member with a second gap at its midpoint; first and second end wall members; a channel running along the bottom edge of the wall members and interrupted by the firs and second gaps; a first support strap at the midpoint of the first side wall member and within the first gap; a second support strap at the midpoint of the second side wall member and within the second gap; a securing strap having first and second ends and running through the channel, said securing strap supported by the first and second support straps as it passes through the first and second gaps; and a buckle securing the first and second ends of the securing strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: L.P. Brown Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Lummis, Barton Wade Daniel
  • Patent number: 8186400
    Abstract: A cover for a module of fibrous material consists of a top member; a first side wall member with a first gap at its midpoint; a second side wall member with a second gap at its midpoint; first and second end wall members; a channel running along the bottom edge of the wall members and interrupted by the firs and second gaps; a first support strap at the midpoint of the first side wall member and within the first gap; a second support strap at the midpoint of the second side wall member and within the second gap; a securing strap having first and second ends and running through the channel, said securing strap supported by the first and second support straps as it passes through the first and second gaps; and a buckle securing the first and second ends of the securing strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: L.P. Brown Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Lummis, Barton Wade Daniel