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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:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2005
Samuel D. Griggs, Raleigh, NC (US);
Dennis J. May, Pittsboro, NC (US);
David T. Wince, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US);
William M. Poteat, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US);
Derek L. Brown, Apex, NC (US);
Samuel D. Griggs, Raleigh, NC (US);
Dennis J. May, Pittsboro, NC (US);
David T. Wince, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US);
William M. Poteat, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US);
Derek L. Brown, Apex, NC (US);
Tipper Tie, Inc., Apex, NC (US);
Abstract
Methods, devices and computer program products automatically or semi-automatically package an object in a covering material such as casing and/or netting by pulling a covering material upstream of a product chute off an exterior surface of the product chute to automatically enclose the object in the covering material as the object exits the product chute, then applying a clip to the covering material to secure the object in the covering material.