Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Zimmerer

Wolfgang Zimmerer 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).

  • Publication number: 20120318703
    Abstract: A naked collation package comprising a plurality of individual units laid end-to-end or side-by-side to form a unit row comprising at least one interface between a neighbouring pair of individual units in the unit row, the unit row being overwrapped with a sheet of polymeric film having a length and a width, the length of the sheet being sufficient to envelop the unit row with sufficient overlap between the ends of the sheet to provide an overlap region for providing a girth seal along at least part of the length of the unit row, the sheet being sealed to itself in that region to provide the girth seal, and the sheet being provided along its length, or part or parts of it, with a line of weakness positioned in substantial register with the interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: INNOVIA FILMS LIMITED
    Inventors: John Fell, Barry Frizell, Wolfgang Zimmerer
  • Publication number: 20110284534
    Abstract: A naked collation package comprising a plurality of individual units laid end-to-end or side-by-side to form a unit row comprising at least one interface between a neighbouring pair of individual units in the unit row; the unit row being overwrapped with a sheet of polymeric film having a length and a width; the length of the sheet being sufficient to envelop the unit row with sufficient overlap between the ends of the sheet to provide an overlap region for providing a girth seal along at least part of the length of the unit row, the sheet being sealed to itself in that region to provide the girth seal; the width of the sheet being: longer than the unit row to provide an envelope seal region in at least one end of the unit row so that the wrapped and girth-sealed sheet is able to fold over and seal to itself at the at least one end of the unit row to provide an envelope seal, the sheet being folded and sealed to itself in that region to provide the envelope seal; or not substantially longer than the unit row
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: Innovia Films Limited
    Inventors: Barry Frizell, Wolfgang Zimmerer, John Fell
  • Publication number: 20100155292
    Abstract: A naked collation package comprising a plurality of individual units laid end-to-end or side-by-side to form a unit row comprising at least one interface between a neighbouring pair of individual units in the unit row, the unit row being overwrapped with a sheet of polymeric film having a length and a width, the length of the sheet being sufficient to envelop the unit row with sufficient overlap between the ends of the sheet to provide an overlap region for providing a girth seal along at least part of the length of the unit row, the sheet being sealed to itself in that region to provide the girth seal, and the sheet being provided along its length, or part or parts of it, with a line of weakness positioned in substantial register with the interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: Innovia Films Limited
    Inventors: John Fell, Barry Frizell, Wolfgang Zimmerer
  • Patent number: D601435
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Innovia Films Limited
    Inventors: John Fell, Barry Frizell, Wolfgang Zimmerer
  • Patent number: D613182
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Innovia Films Limited
    Inventors: John Fell, Barry Frizell, Wolfgang Zimmerer
  • Patent number: D619477
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Innovia Films Limited
    Inventors: Barry Frizell, Wolfgang Zimmerer