Patents by Inventor R. Bradley Stillahn

R. Bradley Stillahn 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).

  • Flowable loose packing dunnage
    Patent number: 5439730
    Abstract: Flowable loose packing dunnage is formed from paperboard into three dimensional particles of various shapes. Also, an apparatus for forming the dunnage employs two vertically aligned arrays of toothed, untoothed and/or cutting wheels through the nip of which paperboard segments pass and by which they are shaped into dunnage particles. Further, in a method of forming the dunnage particles, strips of paperboard are cut into segments which are formed into three dimensional shapes. A method of protecting a packed object surrounds it with the flowable loose packing dunnage made of paperboard in accordance with the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1995
    Assignee: Productive Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter C. Kelly, Daniel L. Hoefler, Russell L. Johnson, Barry S. Hammerberg, R. Bradley Stillahn, Katherine L. Kalz