Patents by Inventor Wieslaw A. Drapala

Wieslaw A. Drapala 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).

  • Radio frequency identification tag reinforcing tape and methods
    Patent number: 7477150
    Abstract: A reinforcing tape is illustrated with a length of elongate, adhesive-coated reinforcing tape configured to reinforce a packaging substrate. The reinforcing tape may include a first major surface and a second major surface opposing the first major surface. The reinforcing tape may also include a plurality of RFID devices attached to the first major surface of the reinforcing tape in longitudinally spaced apart relation along the length of the reinforcing tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Adalis Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph P. Renzetti, Wieslaw A. Drapala
  • Substrates including tape and radio frequency identification devices, and methods and apparatus for making the same
    Patent number: 7466233
    Abstract: Reinforced constructs (e.g., non-corrugated or corrugated paperboard container blanks) that include a reinforcing tape wherein the reinforcing tape comprises at least one RFID device attached thereto. A first method for making such constructs includes applying reinforcing tape with the attached RFID device to at least a portion of at least one first paper layer, and pairing a second paper layer with the first paper layer such that the reinforcing tape and the at least one RFID device are positioned between the first and second paper layers to form the construct. In another method for making such constructs, particularly container blanks, a paper board substrate is transported on a container blank production line and a hot melt adhesive-coated reinforcing tape is applied to the paper board substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Adalis Corporation
    Inventors: Wieslaw A. Drapala, Matthew E. Groves, Jorge A. Nash, Joseph P. Renzetti
  • Film tape for forming a cutting edge on dispenser cartons
    Patent number: 7204910
    Abstract: A tape formed of a polymeric material and having a thickness and stiffness suitable as a cutting edge on a dispensing carton for convolutely wound foil, film or paper, the tape includes a coating of adhesive and is applied at a laminating station in the carton manufacturing process and is generally cut with the forming of the carton blanks, and the cut in the tape may be formed with a serrated edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Adalis Corporation
    Inventors: Roland A. Foubert, Wieslaw A. Drapala, Kimberly J. Williams, Richard G. Catterlin
  • Substrates including tape and radio frequency identification devices, and methods and apparatus for making the same
    Publication number: 20060250242
    Abstract: Reinforced constructs (e.g., non-corrugated or corrugated paperboard container blanks) that include a reinforcing tape wherein the reinforcing tape comprises at least one RFID device attached thereto. A first method for making such constructs includes applying reinforcing tape with the attached RFID device to at least a portion of at least one first paper layer, and pairing a second paper layer with the first paper layer such that the reinforcing tape and the at least one RFID device are positioned between the first and second paper layers to form the construct. In another method for making such constructs, particularly container blanks, a paper board substrate is transported on a container blank production line and a hot melt adhesive-coated reinforcing tape is applied to the paper board substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2005
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Wieslaw Drapala, Matthew Groves, Jorge Nash, Joseph Renzetti
  • Radio frequency identification tag reinforcing tape and methods
    Publication number: 20060250241
    Abstract: A reinforcing tape is illustrated with a length of elongate, adhesive-coated reinforcing tape configured to reinforce a packaging substrate. The reinforcing tape may include a first major surface and a second major surface opposing the first major surface. The reinforcing tape may also include a plurality of RFID devices attached to the first major surface of the reinforcing tape in longitudinally spaced apart relation along the length of the reinforcing tape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2005
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Joseph Renzetti, Wieslaw Drapala
  • Film tape for forming a cutting edge on dispenser cartons
    Publication number: 20040164116
    Abstract: A tape formed of a polymeric material and having a thickness and stiffness suitable as a cutting edge on a dispensing carton for convolutely wound foil, film or paper, the tape includes a coating of adhesive and is applied at a laminating station in the carton manufacturing process and is generally cut with the forming of the carton blanks, and the cut in the tape may be formed with a serrated edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2004
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventors: Roland A. Foubert, Wieslaw A. Drapala, Kimberly J. Williams, Richard G. Catterlin
  • Film tape for forming a cutting edge on dispenser cartons
    Publication number: 20010000902
    Abstract: A tape formed of a polymeric material and having a thickness and stiffness suitable as a cutting edge on a dispensing carton for convolutely wound foil, film or paper, the tape includes a coating of adhesive and is applied at a laminating station in the carton manufacturing process and is generally cut with the forming of the carton blanks, and the cut in the tape may be formed with a serrated edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2000
    Publication date: May 10, 2001
    Inventors: Roland A. Foubert, Wieslaw A. Drapala, Kimberly J. Williams, Richard G. Catterlin