Patent ID: 6546701
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: B65B,B65D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A package, comprising:a container; an article positioned in the container; and a plurality of cushioning members positioned in the container so as to substantially surround the article and resiliently support and cushion the article, each of the cushioning members formed of a flexible sheet of material having a plurality of slits extending through the sheet of material, the sheet of material crumpled into a globular configuration such that the sheet of material has a plurality of random folds, a plurality of random engaged portions, and a plurality of voids, the sheet of material having an upper surface and a lower surface with at least one of-the upper surface and the lower surface having a bonding material disposed thereon such that at least a portion of the engaged portions are bondably connected thereby increasing the resiliency of the folds and such that the cushioning members are bondingly connected to the adjacently disposed cushioning members to form a unitary cushioning unit.