Patent ID: 7972258
Filing Date: 2011-07-05
Classification: B31D,B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of producing a resilient cushioning product and using the resilient cushioning product to cushion an item packaged in a container for shipment, the method comprising: providing a core, providing, upstream of the core, an elongated paper tube formed from a pair of elongated sheets of paper having confronting lateral side edges joined together to form the tube, positioning the paper tube so that the core is inside the paper tube, drawing the paper tube over the core, crumpling the paper tube around a circumference thereof along the length of the core to impart resilience to the paper tube so that the crumpled tube can cushion the item in the container, separating a length of the crumpled paper tube, and placing the length of the crumpled paper tube in the container along with the item to be shipped.