Pleated paper and method of manufacturing

The method of producing a packaging material for use in shipping a product within a protective cushion wrap, comprising the steps of;

• unrolling sheet material from a continuous roll, said roll of sheet material having an axis and said direction of unrolling being transverse to said axis,
• forming a series of pleats in said sheet material, said pleats having their apices parallel to said axis,
• bringing at least one sheet of a planar material from a continuous roll, into contact with at least one surface of said pleated sheet material, said planar sheet material being tissue paper, adhering said pleated sheet material to said sheet from said continuous roll, to form the combination of a sheet of pleated material and a cover sheet layer, and
• severing a length of said combination of pleated material and a cover sheet layer, to form a packaging wrap material.

The method of packaging a product for shipping within a protective cushion wrap, comprising the steps of;

• unrolling kraft sheet material from a continuous roll, said roll of sheet material having an axis and said direction of unrolling being transverse to said axis,
• forming a series of creased pleats in said sheet material by crushing fibers at the apices of the pleats, said pleats having their apices parallel to said axis,
• bringing at least one sheet of a planar tissue paper material from a continuous roll, into contact with at least one surface of said pleated sheet material,
• adhering said pleated sheet material to said sheet from said continuous roll, to form the combination of a sheet of pleated material and a cover sheet layer,
• severing a length of said combination of pleated material and a cover sheet layer, to form a packaging wrap material that can be molded to the contours of a contained product,
• completely enclosing a product within said packaging wrap material, with at least two end regions overlapping each other to form a region having at least two layers of packaging wrap material.