US Patent Issued to Pregis on Sept. 8 for "Dunnage device with tag-tearing prevention" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,614, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Pregis LLC (Chicago).

"Dunnage device with tag-tearing prevention" was invented by Ken Chess (Hinsdale, Ill.) and David Joyce (Naperville, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Dunnage conversion machines can include a drive mechanism that deforms a stock material into a continuous length of dunnage, a cutting device that severs a piece of dunnage from the continuous length of dunnage, and a jaw that moves between a first and a second position. When in the first position, the jaw contacts the dunnage and exerts a first force on the dunnage that prevents substantial movement of the dunnage in an u...