Patent ID: 7636987
Filing Date: 2009-12-29
Classification: A01F,A44B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A bale wrapping material for wrapping a bale of agricultural product having a circumference, comprising: a plurality of bale wrapping portions, each having a wrapping portion length greater than the circumference of the bale of agricultural product and a wrapping portion width transverse to said wrapping portion length, said plurality of wrapping portions forming a continuous roll of wrapping material for wrapping a bale of agricultural product; and at least one fastener secured to an area of each of said plurality of bale wrapping portions such that said continuous roll of wrapping material includes a plurality of fasteners serially disposed thereon and spaced from one another so that each of said plurality of bale wrapping portions includes said at least one fastener within said area, each of said plurality of fasteners include a plurality of engaging elements for engaging a plurality of fiber elements of an underlying or overlying segment of a respective wrapping portion during a wrapping cycle so as to secure, a tail end of said respective wrapping portion to said underlying or overlying segment at the end of a wrapping cycle; wherein each wrapping portion includes a continuous wrapping component and a discontinuous wrapping component, said discontinuous wrapping component comprising a breathable material, said at least one fastener being attached to either said continuous wrapping component or said discontinuous wrapping component, and said underlying or overlying segment being a portion of the other of said continuous wrapping component and said discontinuous wrapping component.