Lester N Land Deceased432 Main St, Parker, KS 66072

5513479, May 7, 1996

Apr 21, 1995

8/425882

Thomas E. Roberts - Leawood KS
Dennis D. Garberg - Overland Park KS
Thomas J. Butler - Overland Park KS
Lester N. Land - Parker KS

Dennis Garberg & Associates, Inc. - Overland Park KS

B65B 4326

53459

A system for enclosing an article includes a packaging apparatus for enclosing an article in a pouch configured as part of a packaging structure having first and second ends and an opening for the pouch. The packaging apparatus includes a platform with front and rear sides and a support surface therebetween, a heat sealer and a framework for positioning the sealer forward of the platform with an open space therebetween and with an open area under the platform. In use, a bundle of packaging structures, joined at the first ends, is coupled with the platform rear side, and then extended under the support surface, around the rear side through the open space and onto the support surface with the pouch openings supported above the surface. An article is inserted in the topmost pouch through the opening which is then sealed by the sealer. Filled structures are suspended below the platform rear side until all of the pouches have been filled.

5931581, Aug 3, 1999

May 19, 1997

8/856625

Dennis D. Garberg - Overland Park KS
Thomas J. Butler - Overland Park KS
Charles Coleman - Ridge NY
Lester Land - Parker KS
Danny Hendricks - Independence MO
Tim Ryan - Willard MO
Carl Medlin - Kansas City MO

Dennis Garberg & Associates, Inc. - Overland Park KS

B65D 3314
B65D 3320

383 9

A method and apparatus for making a self-sealable packaging, and the self-sealable packaging and method of use are disclosed. The apparatus includes dispensing a web and converting it by folding or by welding two webs together to provide upper and lower layers defining a pocket therebetween. A line of weakness is provided in an extension on the lower web, and a release liner is positioned over the line of weakness in spanning relationship, with a pattern of adhesive applied between the release liner and the extension below the line of weakness. The release liner is secured to the extension above the line of weakness, and the web is sealed along side boundaries and separated therealong to provide individual bags. The pocket of the bag is sized to receive an article, such as a newspaper therein. After insertion of the newspaper, the extension is separated along the line of weakness to provide a flap carrying the adhesive.