Adhesive Bubble Wrap with Perforations for Custom Sizing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing packing cushion devices, such as bubble wrap, are cumbersome to use as they require pre-measuring, cutting, and securing, often leading to inefficiencies and material waste when protecting fragile items during shipping.
Innovation Solution
An adhesive wrapping system with a flexible sheet of material featuring cushioning bubbles and perforations, allowing users to select the size and shape for wrapping items, and an adhesive for secure attachment, with a removable covering to preserve the adhesive until use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If bubble wrap is used in large rolls or pre-sized sheets, then cushioning protection is provided, but the user must pre-measure, cut, and secure with tape which is frustrating and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The adhesive is pre-applied to the bubble wrap sheet during manufacturing, eliminating the need for users to measure, cut, and apply tape separately. The perforations are also pre-formed to guide proper sizing and separation, allowing users to simply wrap and stick without complex preparation steps.
2Reliability
If tape is used to secure the bubble wrap, then the wrapping is held in place, but the tape can fail and the bubble wrap can unravel or fall off
Solution Approach 1:
The adhesive and the bubble wrap are merged into a single integrated product. The adhesive is applied directly to the back of the bubble wrap sheet during manufacturing, combining the cushioning function and the securing function into one unified material system, eliminating the need for separate tape application.
3Loss of substance
If users manually size and pack items, then protection is provided, but there is difficulty in proper sizing resulting in wasted materials
Solution Approach 1:
The bubble wrap sheet is divided into multiple sections by perforations that run across the sheet. These perforations allow users to easily tear the sheet at desired locations to achieve custom sizes that fit different items, reducing material waste while maintaining versatility for various package dimensions.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables efficient and customizable protection of items by allowing users to easily wrap and secure items with minimal waste, ensuring effective cushioning against impacts and damage during transit.
Implementation Method 1
An adhesive is also disposed along at least one length of the sheet of material which secures the material to a desired surface
Implementation Method 2
The padding layer comprises a plurality of concave recessions, which when mated with the planar layer, forms gas-filled bubbles that provide a cushioning surface
Implementation Method 3
forms gas-filled bubbles that provide a cushioning surface
Data Source
AI summary
An adhesive wrapping system is provided. The adhesive wrapping system has a flexible sheet of material which has a planar layer and an opposing padding layer. The padding layer comprises a plurality of concave recessions, which when mated with the planar layer, forms gas-filled bubbles that provide a cushioning surface. The sheet of material further comprises a plurality of perforations which are linearly disposed across the sheet to provide a user with the ability to select a size and shape of material to be used. An adhesive is also disposed along at least one length of the sheet of material which secures the material to a desired surface, such as the sheet of material itself. A removable adhesive covering is disposed over the adhesive to preserve the adhesive until the adhesive is exposed for use.