Patents by Inventor Leon HANSSEN

Leon HANSSEN 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).

  • Supply of sheet stock material for a dunnage conversion machine and a method of converting same into a dunnage product
    Patent number: 12037211
    Abstract: A supply (22) of sheet stock material (24, 34) for a dunnage conversion machine (26) that is readily spliced to another supply includes (a) one or more plies of sheet material (24, 34) having (i) multiple longitudinally-extending sections, including a center section (42) bounded by lateral sections (40), where the lateral sections (40) are folded over a common face of the center section (42) along longitudinal fold lines (44) at lateral edges of the folded sheet material, and (ii) a leading end (60) and a trailing end (62) at respective longitudinally-opposite ends of the sheet material, where the lateral sections (40) are separated from the center section (42) adjacent the leading end (60) and adjacent the trailing end (62) along respective lines of separation; and (b) a splicing adhesive (76) applied to the sheet material adjacent the leading end (60) or the trailing end (62) on both the center section (42) and each of the lateral WO 2020/092578 A1 sections (40) to facilitate splicing each section to respec
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ranpak Corp.
    Inventors: Robert C. Cheich, Dennis J. Wagner, Brian Stinard, Hugo Van Ool, Leon Hanssen, Mike Timmers
  • SUPPLY OF SHEET STOCK MATERIAL FOR A DUNNAGE CONVERSION MACHINE AND A METHOD OF CONVERTING SAME INTO A DUNNAGE PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20220002106
    Abstract: A supply (22) of sheet stock material (24, 34) for a dunnage conversion machine (26) that is readily spliced to another supply includes (a) one or more plies of sheet material (24, 34) having (i) multiple longitudinally-extending sections, including a center section (42) bounded by lateral sections (40), where the lateral sections (40) are folded over a common face of the center section (42) along longitudinal fold lines (44) at lateral edges of the folded sheet material, and (ii) a leading end (60) and a trailing end (62) at respective longitudinally-opposite ends of the sheet material, where the lateral sections (40) are separated from the center section (42) adjacent the leading end (60) and adjacent the trailing end (62) along respective lines of separation; and (b) a splicing adhesive (76) applied to the sheet material adjacent the leading end (60) or the trailing end (62) on both the center section (42) and each of the lateral WO 2020/092578 A1 sections (40) to facilitate splicing each section to respec
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Robert C. CHEICH, Dennis J. WAGNER, Brian STINARD, Hugo VAN OOL, Leon HANSSEN, Mike TIMMERS