Patents by Inventor Gary Knauf

Gary Knauf 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).

  • Patent number: 10492626
    Abstract: Systems for providing on-demand food service material printing for food service are provided herein. A food service material dispenser comprises a roll holder configured to hold a roll of food service material, one or more rollers, and a motor configured to operate to translate the food service material along a path within the dispenser. The dispenser includes a cutting arrangement configured to perform a cut of the food service material to form the sheet of food service material that defines a size associated with a food service order. The dispenser also includes a printer configured to print at least one of order information or personalization information on the food service material that is based on the associated food service order. The dispenser further includes a chute configured to dispense the sheet of food service material, which includes the at least one of order information or personalization information printed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: GPCP IP Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Michelle Lynn Auda, Daniel Huffaker, Brandon Seth Cross, Daniel James Geddes, Lenox Gregory Wilson, Brian Scott Borke, Jason Aaron Morgan, James Niemeier, Gary Knauf, John Peter Nenadic, Daniel Bruce Meyer, Jeffery Burle Kennedy
  • Publication number: 20190182390
    Abstract: Systems for providing on-demand food service material printing for food service are provided herein. A food service material dispenser comprises a roll holder configured to hold a roll of food service material, one or more rollers, and a motor configured to operate to translate the food service material along a path within the dispenser. The dispenser includes a cutting arrangement configured to perform a cut of the food service material to form the sheet of food service material that defines a size associated with a food service order. The dispenser also includes a printer configured to print at least one of order information or personalization information on the food service material that is based on the associated food service order. The dispenser further includes a chute configured to dispense the sheet of food service material, which includes the at least one of order information or personalization information printed thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Michelle Lynn Auda, Daniel Huffaker, Brandon Seth Cross, Daniel James Geddes, Lenox Gregory Wilson, Brian Scott Borke, Jason Aaron Morgan, James Niemeier, Gary Knauf, John Peter Nenadic, Daniel Bruce Meyer, Jeffery Burle Kennedy
  • Publication number: 20170259546
    Abstract: Packaging and a method of making the packaging is disclosed. The packaging includes a substrate with an asymmetrical coextrusion attached there to. The coextrusion includes an ethylene vinyl alcohol layer that is disposed toward the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventor: Gary Knauf
  • Patent number: 9610755
    Abstract: Packaging and a method of making the packaging is disclosed. The packaging includes a substrate with an asymmetrical coextrusion attached there to. The coextrusion includes an ethylene vinyl alcohol layer that is disposed toward the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Prolamina Midwest Corporation
    Inventor: Gary Knauf
  • Publication number: 20130037556
    Abstract: A packaging for a tea pouch, a method of making the packaging, and a tea pouch made from the packaging are disclosed. The packaging includes a paper substrate and a coextrusion including an ethylene vinyl alcohol layer. The ethylene vinyl alcohol layer is directly attached to the paper substrate. Packaging of this type exhibits excellent barrier properties, may be heat sealed under pressure to form a tea pouch without substantial amounts of squeeze out, and does not present the cost or disposal issues associated with some other types of packaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: PROLAMINA MIDWEST CORPORATION
    Inventor: Gary Knauf
  • Publication number: 20130040155
    Abstract: Packaging and a method of making the packaging is disclosed. The packaging includes a substrate with an asymmetrical coextrusion attached there to. The coextrusion includes an ethylene vinyl alcohol layer that is disposed toward the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: PROLAMINA MIDWEST CORPORATION
    Inventor: Gary Knauf
  • Publication number: 20080095961
    Abstract: The specification discloses a method for affixing a strip to an underlying web substrate. According to the method, a substrate web having at least one surface is provided and at least one strip is applied over at least a portion of the substrate surface such that at least a significant portion of an underside surface of the strip disposed adjacent the substrate surface is unbounded to the substrate. A polymer coating is extruded over both the substrate surface and the strip. The strip is thereby affixed to the substrate surface by the coating while the portion of the underside surface of the strip remains substantially unbounded to the substrate surface. At the same time, a substantial portion of an upper surface of the strip adjacent the polymer coating layer is bonded to the coating layer. Also disclosed are packaging materials formed from the reinforced substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventor: Gary Knauf