Patents by Inventor Robert Thane Rickard

Robert Thane Rickard 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).

  • Case-handling system with independently movable flap-suppressing devices
    Patent number: 12533864
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a case-handling system including multiple flap-suppressing devices that can be vertically moved independently of one another to, when processing a case, enable the case-handling system to prepare for and receive the next case to-be-processed while the case-handling system is still folding the upper major flaps of the current case, which increases throughput.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignee: Signode Industrial Group LLC
    Inventors: Bryce J. Fox, Robert Thane Rickard
  • CASE-HANDLING SYSTEM WITH INDEPENDENTLY MOVABLE FLAP-SUPPRESSING DEVICES
    Publication number: 20250065587
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a case-handling system including multiple flap-suppressing devices that can be vertically moved independently of one another to, when processing a case, enable the case-handling system to prepare for and receive the next case to-be-processed while the case-handling system is still folding the upper major flaps of the current case, which increases throughput.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Bryce J. Fox, Robert Thane Rickard
  • Case-handling system with independently movable flap-suppressing devices
    Patent number: 12151449
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a case-handling system including multiple flap-suppressing devices that can be vertically moved independently of one another to, when processing a case, enable the case-handling system to prepare for and receive the next case to-be-processed while the case-handling system is still folding the upper major flaps of the current case, which increases throughput.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNODE INDUSTRIAL GROUP LLC
    Inventors: Bryce J. Fox, Robert Thane Rickard
  • CASE-HANDLING SYSTEM WITH INDEPENDENTLY MOVABLE FLAP-SUPPRESSING DEVICES
    Publication number: 20230286242
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a case-handling system including multiple flap-suppressing devices that can be vertically moved independently of one another to, when processing a case, enable the case-handling system to prepare for and receive the next case to-be-processed while the case-handling system is still folding the upper major flaps of the current case, which increases throughput.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Bryce J. Fox, Robert Thane Rickard