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Packaging material

a technology of packaging materials and materials, applied in the field of packaging materials, can solve the problems of heavy objects gravitation, damage to objects, and inability to meet the needs of use,

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-06-09
WEDER DONALD E
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"The present invention is about a packaging material that can be used to fill baskets and protect articles during shipping. The material is made up of flexible strips that are interconnected and can be twisted around each other to form a resilient tuft. This tuft can be placed around an article and bonded to it, providing protection and cushioning during shipment. The technical effect of this invention is to provide a protective and cushioning packaging material for shipping articles."

Problems solved by technology

However, while styrofoam peanuts have been widely accepted in the packaging industry, they are not without disadvantages.
For example, the light weight and flowability of the styrofoam peanuts results in heavier objects gravitating through the peanuts to the bottom of the container where the object can be damaged.
However, like styrofoam peanuts, paper packaging materials is not without disadvantages in that paper, particularly shredded paper, can be inconvenient to clean up and to dispose of due to the lack of cohesiveness of the packaging material.
In addition, due to the lack of resiliency in paper products, large amounts of paper are typically required to provide the bulk needed to adequately cushion an object.
As such, decorative grass, like styrofoam peanuts and paper materials described above, can be inconvenient to clean up and to dispose of.

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[0031] Referring now to the drawings, and more specifically to FIGS. 1-3, a tuft 10 of packaging material constructed in accordance with the present invention is illustrated in FIG. 1. The tuft 10 is comprised of a plurality of individual strips or strands of material 12 (FIG. 2), each characterized as having a first side 14 and a second side 16. The strips of material 12 can be fabricated from any flexible sheet of material, including paper, crepe paper, polymeric film, laminated polymeric film, and waxed paper, for example. The sheet of material may have printed matter and / or embossed pattern on at least one side thereof, and the embossed pattern can be either in register or out of register with the printed pattern.

[0032] The printed pattern can be printed on the sheet of material in a conventional matter so that when the sheet of material is slit and cut to produce the strips of material 12, at least a substantial portion of the strip of material 12 contains at least a portion o...

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Abstract

A packaging material comprising a plurality of flexible strips of material integrally interconnected to one another along one end thereof so as to form a unitary mass and so that the strips of material are intertwineable with one another to form a resilient tuft. The strips of material interconnected via a border have a bonding material disposed thereon for bondingly connecting the packaging material to a container.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 10 / 358,695, filed Feb. 3, 2003, which is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 10 / 119,170, filed Apr. 8, 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,561,356, which is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 09 / 716,980, filed Nov. 20, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,390,300, which is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 09 / 416,614, filed Oct. 12, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,189,699, which is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 09 / 087,737, filed May 29, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,992,637, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 08 / 892,675, filed Jul. 14, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,906,280, the contents of each being hereby expressly incorporated herein by reference.STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT [0002] Not applicable. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] 1. Field of the Invention [0004] The present invention relates generally to packaging materials for packaging articles, and more particularly, but...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A41G1/00B65D81/05B65D81/09B65D85/50
CPCA41G1/009B31D5/006B31D2205/0058Y10T428/2982B65D81/05B65D81/09B65D85/505B31D2205/007
Inventor WEDER, DONALD E.
Owner WEDER DONALD E