# US 11,440,718 B2 · Cushioning material for packaging purposes, and method for cushioning an object > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,440,718 B2 - Document ID: US11440718B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/630,984 - Filed: 2018-07-24 - Published: 2020-07-16 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2017-07-27 - Assignees: Storopack Hans Reichenecker GmbH - Applicants: Storopack Hans Reichenecker GMBH - Inventors: Paul Deis - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11440718B2 ## CPC - B65D 81/03: Wrappers or envelopes with shock-absorbing properties, e.g. bubble films {(for thermal insulating purposes B65D81/3888)} - B65B 55/20: Embedding contents in shock-absorbing media, e.g. plastic foam, granular material - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES - B65B: MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars A24C1/44; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound B25B25/00; applying closure members to bottles, jars or similar containers B67B1/00-B67B6/00; concurrent cleaning, filling and closing of bottles B67C7/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers B67C9/00) ## Abstract A cushioning material for packaging comprises at least one sheetlike element having at least one edge portion and one cushion portion providing a property desired for protecting an item to be packaged. It is proposed that an adhesive system is applied to at least one edge portion, at least in some regions, and is designed for a releasable connection to a different section of another sheetlike element or of the same sheetlike element without auxiliary means and non-destructively. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A cushioning material for packaging purposes, comprising at least one sheetlike element, having at least one edge portion delimiting the sheetlike element and a cushion portion, the cushion portion providing a cushioning property desired for protecting an item to be packaged, wherein the at least one edge portion is at least partially provided with an adhesive system which is designed for such a connection to another portion of another sheetlike element or of the same sheetlike element, the connection being releasable without any auxiliary means, that is, without special heating and without special tools, and non-destructively, that is, without damaging the cushion material or the item, wherein the cushion portion is made of a paper or cardboard material in which a plurality of bulges is formed. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The cushioning material according to claim 1, wherein the adhesive system is designed so that it can be used after releasing at least one more time for a reattachment, in particular that the adhesive system has an adhesive layer with a reusable adhesive effect. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The cushioning material according to claim 1, wherein the adhesive system comprises an adhesive strip extending continuously along the edge portion. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The cushioning material according to claim 3, wherein the sheetlike element is rectangular in plan view, and that the edge portion on which the adhesive system is applied, is at least one longitudinal edge portion and/or at least one transverse edge portion. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The cushioning material according to claim 1, wherein the adhesive system comprises a non-continuous adhesive strip extending along the edge portion and/or individual adhesive dots. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The cushioning material according to claim 1, wherein a bulge toward one side of the sheetlike element is adjacent to a bulge toward the other side of the sheetlike element. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) A method for cushioning an item with the cushioning material of claim 1, comprising the following steps: wrapping the item with the sheetlike element or a plurality of associated sheetlike elements; and fastening the at least one edge portion of the sheetlike element or the sheetlike elements by means of the adhesive system, in particular with another edge portion of the sheetlike element or of another sheetlike element. ### Claim 8 A cushioning material for packaging purposes, comprising at least one sheetlike element, having at least one edge portion delimiting the sheetlike element and a cushion portion, the cushion portion providing a cushioning property desired for protecting an item to be packaged, wherein the at least one edge portion is at least partially provided with an adhesive system which is designed for such a connection to another portion of another sheetlike element or of the same sheetlike element, the connection being releasable without any auxiliary means, that is, without special heating and without special tools, and non-destructively, that is, without damaging the cushion material or the item, wherein the sheetlike element is detachably connected to a further sheetlike element, at least in a storage state, by means of a tear-off region, in particular a perforation or other material weakening. ### Claim 9 A cushioning material for packaging purposes, comprising at least one sheetlike element, having at least one edge portion delimiting the sheetlike element and a cushion portion, the cushion portion providing a cushioning property desired for protecting an item to be packaged, wherein the at least one edge portion is at least partially provided with an adhesive system which is designed for such a connection to another portion of another sheetlike element or of the same sheetlike element, the connection being releasable without any auxiliary means, that is, without special heating and without special tools, and non-destructively, that is, without damaging the cushion material or the item, wherein in a storage state it comprises a plurality of sheetlike elements that are releasably connected to each other in a zig-zag fold.