Pre-cut fibrous insulation batt and method of making the batt

A method of making a resilient pre-cut fibrous insulation batt, comprising:

• forming a first cut in a first resilient fibrous insulation blanket;
• the first blanket having a length, a width, and a thickness;
• the first blanket having first and second major surfaces extending the length and width of the first blanket;
• the first cut in the first blanket extending longitudinally in the first major surface of the first blanket, being spaced inwardly from lateral edges of the first major surface of the first blanket, and only partially severing the first blanket longitudinally to form first separable connector means in the first blanket;
• the first separable connector means in the first blanket separably joining adjacent blanket sections formed by the first cut in the first blanket for handling but permitting the adjacent blanket sections to be separated from each other by hand;
• forming a first cut in a second resilient fibrous insulation blanket;
• the second blanket having a length, a width and a thickness;
• the second blanket having first and second major surfaces extending the length and width of the second blanket;
• the first cut in the second blanket extending longitudinally in the first major surface of the second blanket;
• the first cut in the second blanket being spaced inwardly from lateral edges of the first major surface of the second blanket and only partially severing the second blanket longitudinally to form first separable connector means in the second blanket;
• the first separable connector means in the second blanket separably joining adjacent blanket sections formed by the first cut in the second blanket for handling but permitting the adjacent blanket sections to be separated from each other by hand;
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• bonding the first major surface of the second blanket to the first major surface of the first blanket with the longitudinally extending first cut of the second blanket substantially aligned with the longitudinally extending first cut of the first blanket to form a resilient pre-cut fibrous insulation batt having a length equal to the length of the blankets, a width equal to the width of the blankets, and a thickness equal to the combined thicknesses of the blankets;
• the resilient pre-cut fibrous insulation batt having longitudinally extending batt sections separably joined by the first separable connector means of the first and second blankets whereby the pre-cut fibrous insulation batt is handled as a unit to insulate a cavity having a width about equal to the width of the resilient pre-cut fibrous insulation batt or the adjacent batt sections are separated by hand to insulate a cavity having a lesser width than the resilient pre-cut fibrous insulation batt.