Patents by Inventor Laura A. Favitta

Laura A. Favitta 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).

  • Fill material cutting mechanisms and methods
    Patent number: 11584102
    Abstract: A system includes a source of sheet material and a conversion machine. The conversion machine is configured to receive the sheet material and to form the sheet material into a fill material. The conversion machine further includes a cutting mechanism configured to cut the fill material. The cutting mechanism is configured such that, when cutting the fill material to form two pieces of fill material, uncut portions of the fill material remain between the two pieces of fill material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Sealed Air Corporation (US)
    Inventors: Thomas P. Orsini, Kostadin I. Kostadinov, Donald Durant, Laura A. Favitta, Russell T. Christman
  • FILL MATERIAL CUTTING MECHANISMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20220048270
    Abstract: A system includes a source of sheet material and a conversion machine. The conversion machine is configured to receive the sheet material and to form the sheet material into a fill material. The conversion machine further includes a cutting mechanism configured to cut the fill material. The cutting mechanism is configured such that, when cutting the fill material to form two pieces of fill material, uncut portions of the fill material remain between the two pieces of fill material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas P. Orsini, Kostadin I. Kostadinov, Donald Durant, Laura A. Favitta, Russell T. Christman