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.
Claims23
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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- wherein each of the first layer and the second layer is selectively movable from an unexpanded condition to an expanded condition.
A method of fabricating a packaging enclosure from a packaging material comprising:
- providing a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer of a recyclable material, wherein the second layer differs in configuration from the first layer and the third layer, and wherein each of the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer are selectively movable from an unexpanded condition to an expanded condition;
- placing the second layer between the first layer and the third layer;
- applying an adhesive between the second layer and one or both of the first layer and the third layer;
- moving the first layer, the second layer and the third layer from the unexpanded condition to the expanded condition;
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- retaining the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer in the expanded condition while forming the packaging enclosure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.