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US 12,496,798 B2Granted
Method of forming a packaging enclosure with an expandable packaging material
AssigneeIow, LLC
InventorsTimothy Alan Talda, John Michael Moran
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Abstract
A packaging material including one or more expandable layers that provide protection to contents of a packaging enclosure formed with the packaging material. The packaging material includes at least a first layer and a second layer bonded to one another. The first layer is pulled or extended in a first direction that is effective to cause the second layer to expand in a second direction. The second layer is a cut-patterned layer which creates structural strength in the packaging material when expanded.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- receiving a sheet of a packaging material comprising a first layer of a first structural configuration and a second layer of a second structural configuration which differs from the first structural configuration;
- applying a force to the sheet of the packaging material;
- expanding each of the first layer and the second layer to form an expanded packaging material, wherein expanding the first layer includes unfolding a plurality of folds provided in the first layer;
- and
- forming a packaging enclosure from the expanded packaging material.
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A method of forming packaging material comprising:
- providing a first layer of a first structural configuration providing a second layer of a second structural configuration that is different from the first structural configuration;
- expanding the first layer from a first length to a second length, wherein expanding the first layer includes unfolding a plurality of folds provided in the first layer;
- expanding the second layer from a first length to a second length in conjunction with or in response to expansion of the first layer;
- and
- increasing a thickness of the second layer in response to the second layer expanding from the first length to the second length.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.