Patent ID: 9637252
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: B29C,B65B,B65D,E01C

Claim:
1. A method for packaging a sealant product, the method comprising: providing a container configured to receive a volume of sealant product; lining said container with a sheet of material, said material being capable of ultimate integration into said sealant product and also being capable of adhering to said sealant product when said sealant product is cooled to a solid state; providing said volume of sealant product into said container lined with said sheet; cooling said volume of sealant product to a solidified sealant block; removing said sealant block and said sheet adhered thereto from said container to define a mostly encased sealant block wherein the adhered sheet encloses all surfaces of the sealant block except for an exposed portion of a top surface of the sealant block; and defining a self-sealed stack of sealant blocks by stacking two or more mostly encased sealant blocks together, said two or more mostly encased sealant blocks including a first mostly encased sealant block and a second mostly encased solidified sealant block, wherein said stacking includes placing the exposed portion of the first sealant block on the exposed portion of the second sealant block and positioning the second mostly encased sealant block on top of the first mostly encased sealant block.