Patents by Inventor Frank Michael Hofmeister

Frank Michael Hofmeister 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: 20200299033
    Abstract: A heat-shrinkable packaging article comprises a heat-shrinkable film tubing having an inside heat seal layer sealed to itself with the heat seal layer having a thickness of at least 0.1 mil and made from a polymeric composition with a density <0.92 g/cc, the seal layer comprising ?2000 ppm antiblock particulates of average particle size ?3?, fast-blooming release agent, slow-blooming release agent, and an outside layer. The packaging article can be dustless, and it passes a Standard Openability Test. Also disclosed is a dustless packaging article having a low peak or instantaneous coefficient of friction, an assembly comprising an imbricated set of packaging articles adhered to tapes, and a rotary chamber packaging process using the packaging articles. The packaging article can be dustless.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Calvin Weston Beddingfield, Daniel Alfred Dorroh, Frank Michael Hofmeister, William Thomas Sanders