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US 2025/0353652 A1Published application
Low aspect-ratio palletized fan-folded stock material
AssigneePregis LLC
InventorThomas D. Wetsch
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Abstract
Palletized units of fan-folded stock material include a pallet having a deck configured to support the fan-folded stock material, and a stack of the stock material supportively positioned on the deck. The stock material includes an elongated web of sheet material configuration defined by folds in the web about fold lines that extend in a transverse direction of the web that segment the web into a plurality of sheet sections, with adjacent sheet sections folded onto one another.
Claims20
A palletized unit of fan-folded stock material, comprising:
- a pallet that includes a deck configured to support the fan-folded stock material, the deck having a deck length and a deck width;
- and
- a first stack of the stock material supportively positioned on the deck, which stock material includes an elongated web of sheet material configuration defined by folds in the web about fold lines that extend in a transverse direction of the web that segment the web into a plurality of sheet sections, with adjacent sheet sections folded onto one another, the first stack having:
- a transverse stack width measured in a transverse direction coinciding with the transverse direction of the stack,
- a stack length measured in a lengthwise direction coinciding with a longitudinal spacing between sequential folds, and
- a stack depth coinciding with a direction in which the sheet sections are stacked on one another;
- wherein the first stack is positioned on the deck with the stack length and stack width generally aligned with the deck length and the deck width, respectively, and the stack length is about equal to or greater than 70% of the deck length.
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A palletized unit of fan-folded stock material, comprising:
- a pallet that includes a deck configured to support the fan-folded stock material, the deck having a deck length and a deck width;
- and
- a first stack of the stock material supportively positioned on the deck, which stock material includes an elongated web of sheet material configuration defined by folds in the web about fold lines that extend in a transverse direction of the web that segment the web into a plurality of sheet sections, with adjacent sheet sections folded onto one another, the first stack having:
- a stack width coinciding with the transverse direction of the stack,
- a stack length coinciding with a longitudinal spacing between sequential folds,
- a stack depth coinciding with a direction in which the sheet sections are stacked on one another, and
- an aspect ratio of the stack width to the stack length;
- wherein the first stack is positioned on the deck with the stack length and stack width generally aligned with the deck length and the deck width, respectively, and
- wherein the aspect ratio of the stack width to the stack length is less than about 3:2.
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A method for producing dunnage, comprising:
- providing a palletized unit of fan-folded stock material, the palletized unit of fan-folded stock material including:
- a pallet that includes a deck configured to support the fan-folded stock material;
- and
- a supply of the stock material supportively positioned on the deck, which stock material includes a single elongated web of sheet material configuration defined by folds in the web about fold lines that extend in a transverse direction of the web that segment the web into a plurality of sheet sections, with adjacent sheet sections folded onto one another, the web of sheet material being free of splices;
- providing a dunnage conversion machine configured to deform the stock material from a first configuration to a lower-density second configuration;
- and
- feeding an entirety of the supply of the web of sheet material from the pallet and to the dunnage conversion machine.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.