B65B 11/48
Enclosing articles, or quantities of material, by folding a wrapper
Official title: Enclosing articles, or quantities of material, by folding a wrapper, e.g. a pocketed wrapper, and securing its opposed free margins to enclose contents
B65B11/48 (Enclosing articles, or quantities of material, by folding a wrapper) appears on 114 US grants and 144 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Assignees
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- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Inkjet printable twist and/or fold wrap films for packaging applications23 Sep 2025US 12,420,999 B2Sihl GmbH
- Device and method for folding an instrument set in a package22 Jul 2025US 12,364,566 B2R-Solution Medical BV
- Machine and a process for manufacturing pouches containing a cohesionless material24 Jun 2025US 12,338,016 B2G. D S.p.A.
- Creating virtual pouch in reusable packaging methods and systems24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285518 A1Rz Circular Ltd
- Apparatus and method for unwinding a film portion17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274480 A1Cryovac, Inc.
- Retaining article in fixed disposition on textile sheet during packaging28 May 2026US 2026/0145829 A1Rz Circular Ltd
- Assembly for folding and heat-sealing at least one flap of packaging sheets juxtaposed against surfaces of a product5 Feb 2026US 2026/0035112 A1Sacmi Packaging & Chocolate S.P.A.
- Packing system, method of use, and method of manufacture21 Aug 2025US 2025/0263219 A1
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- Automatic package wrapping machine22US 5,655,356 AWrap-It-Up, Inc. · 1997
- Method and apparatus for making envelope assemblies21US 4,189,895 ACompak Systems, Inc. · 1980
- Methods for packaging items and preparing packaging materials19US 10,773,839 B1Amazon Technologies, Inc. · 2020