# US 9,707,731 B2 · Multi-layered bulk product filling material

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- Number: US 9,707,731 B2
- Document ID: US9707731B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/629,743
- Filed: 2012-09-28
- Published: 2013-04-04
- Granted: 2017-07-18
- Earliest claimed: 2011-09-30
- Assignees: Fibercore Limited
- Applicants: Brian Wood
- Inventors: Brian Wood
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9707731B2

## CPC

- B31D 5/006: {including controlled deformation of flat material, e.g. pleating, corrugating or embossing (including crumpling flat material B31D5/0043)}
- B31D 2205/0058: Cutting; Individualising the final products
- B31D 2205/007: Delivering
- Y10T 428/249921: Web or sheet containing structurally defined element or component
- B31D: MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN SUBCLASSES B31B OR B31C (manufacture by dry processes of articles made from particles or fibres consisting of wood or other lignocellulosic or like organic material B27N; making layered products not composed wholly of paper or cardboard B32B; making articles from cellulosic fibrous suspensions, e.g. wood pulp, D21J)
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

A filling product comprising a plurality of narrow, elongated strip segments is provided. Each strip segment has a plurality of transverse folds and substantially planar portions between adjacent folds. At least some of the strip segments comprise at least two layers of material, including a first layer comprising a first material and a second layer comprising a second material, wherein the second material is different in composition from the first material. Corresponding methods of producing such filling products are also provided.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A filling product comprising a plurality of narrow, elongated strip segments which are intertwined and interlocked with each other, each strip segment comprising a plurality of transverse folds and substantially planar portions between adjacent folds, such that at least some of the strip segments comprise at least three layers of material, and the multi-layered strip segments comprise:
a first layer comprising a paper material;
a second layer comprising a paper material; and
a third layer disposed between the first layer and the second layer, wherein the third layer comprises a softer material than the paper material of the first layer.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The filling product of claim 1, wherein the third layer comprises a tissue paper material.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The filling product of claim 2, wherein the first layer is a bottom layer, the second layer is a top layer, and the third layer is a middle layer, and the first and second layers are both comprised of the same material.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The filling product of claim 2, wherein the first layer comprises a stiffer material than the second layer.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The filling product of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer has a natural resilience, such that the multi-layer strip segments each comprise a longitudinally compressed strip which is biased to longitudinally expand.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The filling product of claim 5, wherein the first layer has a different resilience than the third layer.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The filling product of claim 1, wherein the multi-layer strip segments have a transverse width dimension, and the planar portions each have a length dimension extending between adjacent folds, such that each of the planar portion length dimensions is greater than the segment width dimension.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The filling product of claim 7, wherein a majority of the planar portion length dimensions is less than twice the segment width dimension.