Patent ID: 8586165
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: B29C,B32B,B65B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A cushioning product made from a selected length of a supply of an elongated web of film, the web of film having a longitudinal extent and a transverse extent, said cushioning product comprising: a pair of film panels positioned face to face and having a longitudinal extent and a transverse extent corresponding to the longitudinal extent and the transverse extent, respectively, of the web of film, and a pair of elongated, longitudinally extending and transversely spaced apart continuous columns of foam positioned between said film panels defining a cross-section taken across the transverse extent of said film panels that is constant along a length of said columns of foam, a longitudinally extending central region disposed between said pair of columns of foam that does not have any foam between said film panels, said film panels in said longitudinally extending central region being unconnected to one another, said film panels having a pair of transversely extending and longitudinally spaced apart end heat seals defining respective opposite ends of said cushioning product, said transversely extending end heat seals being perpendicular to the length of said longitudinally extending columns of foam, said film panels of at least one said end of said cushioning product having a severed edge.