US 11,866,220 B2
Identification of shrink-wrapped objects
Russell T. Christman, Dunstable, MA (US); Donald Durant, Andover, MA (US); David Cenedella, Shirley, MA (US); Michael Anthony Kalinowski, Nashua, NH (US); Thomas P. Orsini, Leominster, MA (US); and Steven E. Maston, Princeton, NJ (US)
Assigned to Sealed Air Corporation (US), Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Sealed Air Corporation (US), Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Sep. 3, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/011,415.
Application 17/011,415 is a division of application No. 16/493,396, granted, now 10,787,286, previously published as PCT/US2018/022571, filed on Mar. 15, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/472,051, filed on Mar. 16, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0399007 A1, Dec. 24, 2020
Int. Cl. B65C 9/00 (2006.01); B65B 53/02 (2006.01); B65C 1/02 (2006.01); B65B 53/00 (2006.01); B65B 21/24 (2006.01); B65B 11/48 (2006.01); B65D 71/08 (2006.01)
CPC B65C 9/0015 (2013.01) [B65B 11/48 (2013.01); B65B 21/245 (2013.01); B65B 53/00 (2013.01); B65B 53/02 (2013.01); B65C 1/02 (2013.01); B65C 2009/0018 (2013.01); B65D 71/08 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of packaging an object, comprising:
placing an object inside of heat-shrinkable film;
sealing the heat-shrinkable film around the object to form a heat-shrinkable package;
coupling a first portion of a label to the heat-shrinkable package such that the first portion of the label is affixed directly to an exterior of the heat-shrinkable film and a second portion of the label is not affixed directly to the exterior of the heat-shrinkable film, wherein the second portion of the label includes an identifier; and
causing the heat-shrinkable film to shrink into heat-shrunk film and the heat-shrinkable package to form into a heat-shrunk package;
wherein the label remains coupled to the heat-shrunk film after the heat-shrinkable film is caused to shrink into heat-shrunk film; and
wherein the second portion of the label remains substantially undeformed after the heat-shrinkable film is caused to shrink into heat-shrunk film; and
wherein the method further comprises:
creating a second label based on information obtained from the identifier, and
after causing the heat-shrinkable film to shrink into heat-shrunk film, coupling the second label on at least one of the heat-shrunk film or the label.