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Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026

Filed:

Sep. 11, 2025
Applicant:

Pregis Llc, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Thomas D. Wetsch, Naples, FL (US);

Ken Chess, Hinsdale, IL (US);

David Schuda, Wheaton, IL (US);

Assignee:

Pregis LLC, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 55/20 (2006.01); B65B 57/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 57/12 (2013.01); B65B 55/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for packing a shipping container. The methods comprise: detecting, by a computing device, a presence of the shipping container; identifying, by the computing device, a void area inside the shipping container; dividing, by the computing device, the void area into a plurality of void area sections; obtaining, by the computing device, a first amount for a first void area section of the plurality of void area sections and a second amount for a second void area of the plurality of void area sections; and causing, by the computing device, the protective packaging to be dispensed into the void area such that the first amount of the first void area section is filled with the protective packaging and the second amount of the second void area section is filled with the protective packaging.


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