Patents by Inventor William James Mertz, II

William James Mertz, II 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).

  • Method and apparatus for packaging panel products
    Patent number: 7334381
    Abstract: A system for packaging a flat panel product includes a dispensing device for dispensing a length of inner protective packaging material, a folding table for wrapping the inner protective packaging material around the product and folding an outer protective packaging material around the product, and a binding device for binding the outer packaging material, inner packaging material, and product together, suspending the product relative to at least one of the walls of the sidewall and supporting the product laterally. A data entry device provides data related to the length of inner protective packaging material required, and this data is fed to a controller, which controls the dispensing device to provide an appropriate length of material. The data entry device can also provide shipping information, fed to a printer for printing a shipping label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: The Real Reel Corporation
    Inventors: William James Mertz, II, Scott Michael Miller, Robert James Reynolds, Jr., Timothy Wayne Harville, Melvin Gilbert Shumate, Christopher Wayne Clark, James Carroll Holt
  • Method and apparatus for packaging panel products
    Patent number: 7204070
    Abstract: A system for packaging a flat panel product includes a dispensing device for dispensing a length of inner protective packaging material, a folding table for wrapping the inner protective packaging material around the product and folding an outer protective packaging material around the product, and a binding device for binding the outer packaging material, inner packaging material, and product together, suspending the product relative to at least one of the walls of the sidewall and supporting the product laterally. A data entry device provides data related to the length of inner protective packaging material required, and this data is fed to a controller, which controls the dispensing device to provide an appropriate length of material. The data entry device can also provide shipping information, fed to a printer for printing a shipping label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: The Real Reel Corporation
    Inventors: William James Mertz, II, Scott Michael Miller, Robert James Reynolds, Jr., Timothy Wayne Harville, Melvin Gllbert Shumate, Christopher Wayne Clark, James Carroll Holt