Patents by Inventor Steven Toneff

Steven Toneff has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • MACHINE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING DUNNAGE HAVING AN X-SHAPED CROSS-SECTION PROFILE
    Publication number: 20220001639
    Abstract: A dunnage conversion machine includes a bunching assembly that randomly crumples at least two plies of sheet stock material into modified plies having a relatively thicker three-dimensional shape, and a feeding assembly that advances and connects together longitudinally-extending portions of the modified plies to form a dunnage strip. A diverter minimizes overlap of and encourages separation of lateral edges of the modified plies from one another, and a severing assembly severs distinct dunnage products from the strip. An exemplary resultant dunnage product includes two or more plies of crumpled sheet material interconnected along a longitudinally-extending portion having interconnected overlapped portions of each of the plies and a longitudinally-extending line of connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Robert C. Cheich, Steven Toneff
  • Machine and method for producing dunnage having an x-shaped cross-sectional profile
    Patent number: 11123943
    Abstract: A dunnage conversion machine includes a bunching assembly that randomly crumples at least two plies of sheet stock material into modified plies having a relatively thicker three-dimensional shape, and a feeding assembly that advances and connects together longitudinally-extending portions of the modified plies to form a dunnage strip. A diverter minimizes overlap of and encourages separation of lateral edges of the modified plies from one another, and a severing assembly severs distinct dunnage products from the strip. An exemplary resultant dunnage product includes two or more plies of crumpled sheet material interconnected along a longitudinally-extending portion having interconnected overlapped portions of each of the plies and a longitudinally-extending line of connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Ranpak Corp.
    Inventors: Robert C. Cheich, Steven Toneff
  • MACHINE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING DUNNAGE HAVING AN X-SHAPED CROSS-SECTIONAL PROFILE
    Publication number: 20170066215
    Abstract: A dunnage conversion machine includes a bunching assembly that randomly crumples at least two plies of sheet stock material into modified plies having a relatively thicker three-dimensional shape, and a feeding assembly that advances and connects together longitudinally-extending portions of the modified plies to form a dunnage strip. A diverter minimizes overlap of and encourages separation of lateral edges of the modified plies from one another, and a severing assembly severs distinct dunnage products from the strip. An exemplary resultant dunnage product includes two or more plies of crumpled sheet material interconnected along a longitudinally-extending portion having interconnected overlapped portions of each of the plies and a longitudinally-extending line of connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: Ranpak Corp.
    Inventors: Robert C. Cheich, Steven Toneff