Patents by Inventor Tom Stenmark

Tom Stenmark 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).

  • Patent number: 6205750
    Abstract: A method for packaging bulk goods into an intermediate bulk container including the steps of placing an inner package made of a flexible resilient material onto a base, providing the inner package with a reinforcement structure in an interior thereof, filling the interior of the inner package with bulk goods whereby the inner package obtains substantially the shape of a parallelepiped, and then surrounding the inner package with an outer package made of a plastic material to provide stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: UPM-Kymmene Oy
    Inventors: Erkki Koskinen, Tom Stenmark
  • Patent number: 6012266
    Abstract: A method for packaging bulk goods into an intermediate bulk container including the steps of placing an inner package made of a flexible resilient material onto a base, providing the inner package with a reinforcement structure in an interior thereof, filling the interior of the inner package with bulk goods whereby the inner package obtains substantially the shape of a parallelepiped, and then surrounding the inner package and at least a portion of the base with an outer package made of a plastic material to firmly secure the inner package to the base via the outer package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: UPM-Kymmene Oy
    Inventors: Erkki Koskinen, Tom Stenmark
  • Patent number: 5544472
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for packaging of bulk goods into a unit-load package and a unit-load package for bulk goods. The unit-load package consists of an inner package (11) and of an outer package (16). The inner package (11) is an inner sack made of a flexible material, which has been placed on a base (13) for the time of filling with bulk goods, whereby, during the filling, the inner package (11) is shaped substantially as parallelepiped. The outer package (16) is an outer package which is made of a plastic material and which surrounds the inner package (11) tightly and gives it adequate stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1996
    Assignee: Oy W. Rosenlew AB
    Inventors: Erkki Koskinen, Tom Stenmark