Patent ID: 7665275

Claim:
A packaging system, comprising: a supply of dunnage products, a plurality of packing stations, and a distribution assembly that selectively distributes the dunnage products from the supply to selected ones of the packing stations; wherein the distribution assembly includes an alignment device for receiving dunnage products in a first direction and a support surface below the alignment device, the alignment device having an inclined surface that is inclined in a second direction transverse the first direction to guide dunnage products moving through the alignment device in the second direction and a substantially vertical surface laterally spaced from a distal end of the inclined surface to restrict lateral movement of a dunnage product after the dunnage product moves down the inclined surface such that the dunnage product passes between the distal end of the inclined surface and the vertical surface to fall vertically to the support surface, and the support surface being selectively tiltable from a generally horizontal orientation to discharge a dunnage product from thereon toward a selected packing station.