Connective protective packaging

A supply of web material, comprising:

• a first film ply;
• a second film ply overlapping with the first film ply;
• a plurality of seals sealing the first film ply and the second film ply to each other to define one or more inflation chambers between the first film ply and the second film ply that are each inflatable and configured to contain a fluid;
• and
• a plurality of bonding elements disposed on an exposed surface of the first film ply, the plurality of bonding elements disposed in a repeating pattern such that each bonding element of the plurality of bonding elements is spaced apart from an adjacent bonding element forming a gap between each bonding element, wherein each bonding element is configured to operably stick to, and hold the exposed surface of the first film ply to, an abutting surface by contact therewith.

A system comprising:

• a connective protective packaging element, including:
• a protective body in a high-density supply configuration, the protective body being configurable into a low-density configuration for cushioning packaged products, the protective body including a surface that is exposed when the protective body is in the low-density configuration;
• and
• a cohesive bonding element made from a cohesive substance attached to the surface in the high-density configuration;
• and
• a container including an interior surface and configured to receive the connective protective packaging element adjacent the interior surface, the container including a complimentary cohesive complimentary cohesive substance on the interior surface;
• wherein the cohesive bonding element selectively bonds to the complimentary cohesive substance with sufficiently strength to retain the connective protective packaging element in a position against the interior surface while a product to be protected is being packaged.

A connective protective packaging element, comprising:

• a protective body in a high-density supply configuration, the protective body being configurable into a low-density configuration for cushioning packaged products, the protective body including a surface that is exposed when the protective body is in the low-density configuration;
• wherein:
• the protective body comprises a web having a first ply and a second ply overlapping the first ply, the first ply including the exposed surface with the cohesive bonding element, the first ply and the second ply being sealed together by a seal pattern that includes a plurality of transverse seals that define between the first ply and the second ply a plurality of inflation chambers that are inflatable with air that separates the first ply and the second ply in the low-density configuration,
• the plurality of transverse seals have transverse ends positioned to define an inflation region between the first ply and the second ply to receive and deliver the air into the plurality of inflation chambers;
• the transverse ends of the plurality of transverse seals are positioned such that a longitudinal seal applied across the transverse ends of the plurality of transverse seals seals the plurality of inflation chambers to trap the air therein;
• and
• a cohesive bonding element made from a cohesive substance attached to the surface in the high-density supply configuration, which cohesive bonding element selectively bonds to a complimentary cohesive substance attached to an abutting surface, wherein the cohesive bonding element is spaced apart from the transverse ends of the plurality of transverse seals.