US 7,584,592 B2
Packaging system and method
David M. Gabrielson, Chagrin Falls, Ohio (US); Robert C. Cheich, Independence, Ohio (US); Joseph J. Harding, Mentor, Ohio (US); and Daniel L. Carlson, Ravenna, Ohio (US)
Assigned to Ranpak Corp., Concord Township, Ohio (US)
Appl. No. 11/573,186
PCT Filed Aug. 04, 2005, PCT No. PCT/US2005/027624
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Feb. 02, 2007,
PCT Pub. No. WO2006/017602, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 16, 2006.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/669713, filed on Apr. 07, 2005.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/655645, filed on Feb. 22, 2005.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/644736, filed on Jan. 18, 2005.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/598689, filed on Aug. 04, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2008/0092488 A1, Apr. 24, 2008
Int. Cl. B65B 23/00 (2006.01); B65B 61/20 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 53—445  [53/472; 53/474; 53/52; 53/503; 53/505; 53/155; 53/238; 53/240; 493/464; 493/967] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
9. A packaging method, comprising the following steps:
routing a container along a path to a dunnage dispensing station selected from multiple paths, each of which includes a dunnage dispensing station, based on routing criteria that includes a characteristic of the container; and
supplying dunnage to the container at the dunnage dispensing station.