# US 2001/0055656 A1 · Packaging material

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- Number: US 2001/0055656 A1
- Document ID: US20010055656A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 09/934,301
- Filed: 2001-08-21
- Published: 2001-12-27
- Earliest claimed: 1997-09-19
- Assignees: Southpac Trust Int'l, Inc.
- Inventors: Donald E. Weder
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20010055656A1

## 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
- Y10T 428/13: Hollow or container type article [e.g., tube, vase, etc.]
- Y10T 428/1307: Bag or tubular film [e.g., pouch, flexible food casing, envelope, etc.]
- Y10T 428/1334: Nonself-supporting tubular film or bag [e.g., pouch, envelope, packet, etc.]
- 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)
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

A packaging material for use in filling baskets and protecting articles. The packaging material includes a flexible bag having an exterior surface and an interior surface and a mass of individual, thin, flexible strips of material intertwined with one another to form a cohesive, resilient tuft. The mass of individual, thin, flexible strips are bondingly are disposed in the bag and bondingly connected to the interior surface of the bag.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A packaging material, comprising:
a flexible bag having an exterior surface and an interior surface; and
a mass of thin, flexible strips of material intertwined with one another to form a cohesive, resilient tuft, the mass disposed in the bag and bondingly connected to the interior surface of the bag whereby the mass of thin, flexible strips of material remain connected to the bag upon the bag being opened.