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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2021
Pregis Innovative Packaging Llc, Deerfield, IL (US);
Thomas D. Wetsch, Naples, FL (US);
Eric C. Wright, Bollingbrook, IL (US);
Pregis Innovative Packaging LLC, Deerfield, IL (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are protective packaging stock material units that are used in a dunnage system. A dunnage system includes a dunnage conversion machine and a supply station. The supply station is a cart that includes a biased support that is connected to a vertical side support. The biased support is movable from an open position to a closed position with respect to opposing vertical side supports. In the closed position, the biased support is configured to at least partially block the opening between the opposing vertical side supports. In the open position, the biased support leaves the opening between the opposing vertical side supports sufficiently open to load fanfold stock material therein. The biased support is biased towards the closed position and the open position. The supply station also includes an alignment device forming a funnel positioned under its base. The alignment device receives a dunnage machine stand base causing the supply cart to consistently align with the stand base in response to the stand base being slid into engagement with the alignment device.