Packaging compression wrap

A packaging device for an item of three-dimensional shape comprising:

• a deformable outer wrap having an exterior shell and an interior shell;
• said interior shell defining and surrounding an enclosed space within and characterized in being deformable in three dimensions to at least partially surround the item of three-dimensional shape therein;
• said exterior shell defining a substantially planar configuration in a storage orientation and a substantially rectilinear configuration in a use orientation for lining the inside surfaces of a shipping container;
• said exterior shell lines at least four of said inside surfaces of said shipping container;
• a mass of loose fill elements disposed within said outer wrap and occupying an amount of said space sufficient to permit said packaging device to be shaped about the item of three dimensional shape and to permit said fill elements to deform within said outer wrap to accommodate the three-dimensional shape of the item and to envelop the item therein;
• and,
• said loose fill elements include unpopped corn kernels in said storage orientation and popped popcorn kernels in said use orientation.

A method of packaging an item of three-dimensional shape comprising:

• providing an outer wrap including a plurality of individual compartments, each one of said compartments hingedly connected to at least another one of said compartments;
• filling said outer wrap with a mass of loose fill elements disposed within and occupying an amount of space sufficient to permit a packaging device to be shaped about the item of three dimensional shape and to permit said fill elements to move within said outer wrap to accommodate the three-dimensional shape of the item;
• changing said elements from a first storage state of unpopped corn kernels to a second use state of popped popcorn kernels wherein said first state defines a substantially planar configuration and said second state defines a substantially non-planar configuration for lining the inside surfaces of a shipping container;
• defining and surrounding an enclosed space within and characterized in being deformable in three dimensions to surround the item of three-dimensional shape therein;
• and,
• lining a majority of said inside surfaces of said shipping container with said packaging device.