Packaging material having expandable layers
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 increases in thickness and provides structural strength to the packaging material when expanded.
Claims20
A packaging material comprising:
- a first layer configurable to form an outer layer of a packaging enclosure;
- a second layer configurable to form an inner layer of the packaging enclosure;
- a third layer with the second layer disposed between the first layer and the third layer;
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- wherein each of the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer is selectively movable from an unexpanded condition to an expanded condition;
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- wherein the first layer and the third layer each include a plurality of undulations therein, and wherein the plurality of undulations flatten out when the first layer and the third layer are moved to the expanded condition.
A packaging material comprising:
- a first layer configurable to form an outer layer of a packaging enclosure;
- a second layer configurable to form an inner layer of the packaging enclosure;
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- a third layer with the second layer disposed between the first layer and the third layer;
- wherein each of the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer is selectively movable from an unexpanded condition to an expanded condition;
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- wherein the first layer and the third layer are of a substantially identical configuration and include a plurality of undulations therein, and wherein the plurality of undulations flatten when the first layer and the third layer are moved to the expanded condition.
A packaging material comprising:
- a first layer configurable to form an outer layer of a packaging enclosure;
- a second layer configurable to form an inner layer of the packaging enclosure;
- a third layer with the second layer disposed between the first layer and the third layer;
- an adhesive coating applied to a surface of the first layer and/or a surface of the third layer, at least one of the surface of the first layer or the surface of the third layer is adjacent the second layer;
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- wherein each of the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer is selectively movable from an unexpanded condition to an expanded condition;
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- wherein the adhesive coating is activated after the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer are moved to the expanded condition, and wherein the adhesive coating keeps the packaging material in the expanded condition and substantially prevents the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer from moving back to the unexpanded condition.
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