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US 12,734,780 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.
Claims20
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, wherein the first layer comprises a plurality of crinkles in an unexpanded condition;
- 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 flattening the plurality of crinkles 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, wherein the first layer comprises a plurality of crinkles in an unexpanded condition;
- 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;
- 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.