Method of packaging an article

Method of packaging an article, comprising the steps of:

• providing a rotary drum with a surface having at least one through opening, said through opening having open opposite ends and being generally somewhat larger than said article;
• providing a first and second source of first and second flexible webs, respectively, capable of delivering said first and second webs to said through opening in said surface;
• providing means for sequentially supplying the first and second flexible webs into the through opening from said first and second source;
• providing means for dispensing said article into said through opening;
• supplying said first flexible web into said through opening, said first flexible web being supplied so as to generally cover said through opening to form a first packaging layer;
• dispensing said article onto said first packaging layer, said first packaging layer supporting said article in said through opening, and wherein said article and said first packaging layer defining a partially packaged article;
• supplying said second flexible web onto said partially packaged article in an overlapping relations with said first flexible web, said second flexible web forming a second packaging layer about said article, and wherein portions of said first and second flexible webs overhang said article;
• sealing while under constant pressure said portions of said first flexible web overhanging said article to said portions of said second flexible web overhanging said article to form a sealed packaged article;
• and,
• removing said sealed package article from said through opening.