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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth H Reiland, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Mary J Reiland, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Ronald J Herold, Little Canada, MN (US);
Assignee:
Four D, Incorporated, Burnsville, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
221-1 ; 221154 ; 221232 ; 221263 ; 221281 ;
Abstract
A system and method is provided-for low cost dispensing of soft packaged articles. The soft packaged articles include internally positioned forming member. The forming member and articles are then enclosed in protective material and heat shrinked so that each soft packaged article is uniformly shaped below the forming member. A dispenser for holding and dispensing one soft packaged article at a time is also provided.