Patents by Inventor Rick Steven Whermann

Rick Steven Whermann 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).

  • Web and method for making fluid filled units
    Patent number: 8354150
    Abstract: An elongate flattened thermoplastic tube has an inflation edge and an opposite edge. The tube includes spaced transverse seals that define sides of pouches. The tube includes lines of weakness that allow adjacent dunnage units to be separated. A frangible line of connection is disposed in one two superposed layers of the tube proximate to the inflation edge. This frangible connection may be broken to permit inflation of the inflatable pouches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Automated Packaging Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Rick Steven Whermann, Bernard Lerner