Patents by Inventor Eberhard Dietrich Weitze

Eberhard Dietrich Weitze 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).

  • Multiple lane packaging of feminine sanitary articles and resulting product
    Patent number: 6978584
    Abstract: A package and apparatus and a method for assembling the package, of a feminine hygiene article, wherein the package is laminated around all the side edges of the article. The apparatus and method feature multi-lane processing wherein at least two parallel lanes of articles are processed simultaneously by laminating outer side edges of two opposed cover sheets, as well as the middle portion, with side-by-side articles disposed between the cover sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: McNeil PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Ricky Ray Burrow, Eberhard Dietrich Weitze
  • Multiple lane packaging of feminine sanitary articles and resulting product
    Patent number: 6115997
    Abstract: A package and apparatus and a method for assembling the package, of a feminine hygiene article, wherein the package is laminated around all the side edges of the article. The apparatus and method feature multi-lane processing wherein at least two parallel lanes of articles are processed simultaneously by laminating outer side edges of two opposed cover sheets, as well as the middle portion, with side-by-side articles disposed between the cover sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Ricky Ray Burrow, Eberhard Dietrich Weitze