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US 7,861,862 B2Granted
Packaged banded envelopes
AssigneeMeadWestvaco Corporation
InventorsDavid J. Carrigan, Witold Misiaszek
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Abstract
An arrangement of envelope packages, the arrangement including a plurality of discreet envelope packages, each package including a plurality of generally aligned envelopes which are compressed together. The plurality of envelope packages are arranged in a first row and a second row located above the first row in a vertical direction thereof. At least one envelope package of the first row is oriented generally perpendicular to at least one envelope package of the second row.
Claims9
An envelope packaging arrangement comprising:
- a storage container;
- an envelope stack including a plurality of envelopes located in said storage container;
- and
- an inflatable and deflatable bladder component located in said storage container, wherein said bladder component compresses said plurality of envelopes of said envelope stack together to improve the shipping characteristics of said envelope stack.
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A method for handling envelopes comprising:
- providing a storage container;
- forming a stack of envelopes in said container;
- after said forming step, positioning a bladder component in said container;
- and
- after said positioning step, inflating said bladder component such that bladder component compresses said envelope stack together to improve the shipping characteristics of said envelope stack.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.