Patents by Inventor Michael L. Ferrante

Michael L. Ferrante 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).

  • Packaging machine
    Patent number: 12006082
    Abstract: An exemplary method of making packages includes advancing a web of connected bags to a position where an opening of the bag is below an engagement device and opening the engagement device. Additionally, the exemplary method includes blowing the opening of the bag to a partially opened configuration, and reverse indexing the web of connected bags so that a portion of the engagement device is disposed inside of the bag and a portion of the engagement device is disposed outside the bag. Subsequently, the exemplary method includes closing the engagement device so that the engagement device engages the bag and moving the engagement device to a position that causes the opening of the bag to have a rectangular shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Sealed Air Corporation (US)
    Inventors: Michael J. Riccardi, Robert S. Galosi, Lawrence Valenti, Larry Chuba, Donald P. Shook, Robert L. Ferrante, Jeffrey R. Imboden, David Romo, Mark David Stultz
  • Lighted display article
    Patent number: D346458
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1994
    Inventor: Michael L. Ferrante