Thermal and/or acoustic insulation packaging
AssigneeKnauf Insulation SPRL
InventorCyrille Lerat
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Abstract
A package of thermal and/or acoustic insulation material has a carrying handle secured to its enveloping film. The carrying handle comprises a handle film having at least one incision which separates an attachment portion of the handle film which is secured to a portion of the surface of the enveloping film from an integral grip portion of the handle film which is configured to allow a user's hand to be inserted between the grip portion and the enveloping film to grip the package.
Claims20
A package of insulation material comprising:
- thermal and/or acoustic insulation material at least partially surrounded by an enveloping film and
- a carrying handle configured to facilitate manual handling of the package, wherein
- the carrying handle comprises a handle film having at least one incision which separates (i) an attachment portion of the handle film which is secured to a portion of the surface of the enveloping film from (ii) an integral grip portion of the handle film which is configured to allow fingers of a user to be inserted between the grip portion and the enveloping film to grip the package.
A method of securing a carrying handle to a package of insulation material comprising thermal and/or acoustic insulation material, comprising the steps of:
- at least partially surrounding the insulation material with an enveloping film;
- and
- securing a carrying handle configured to facilitate manual handling of the package to a portion of the enveloping film,
- wherein
- the carrying handle is provided on a continuous roll of carrying handles and is fed through at least part of a label printer/label attachment mechanism as part of the process of securing the carrying handle to the package.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.