Patent ID: 7395637

Claim:
A method for packaging a product including the following steps: unwinding a first strip and a second strip of heat sealable material; electrostatically charging said first and second strip of heat sealable material with opposite electric charges; electrostatically coupling said first and second strip of heat sealable material and advancing said electrostatically coupled first and second strip towards a wrapping station; cutting a length of said electrostatically coupled first and second strip of heat sealable material, forming a sheet of heat sealable material and a handle of heat sealable material, said handle having a first end and a second end, and said sheet and said handle electrostatically adhering one to the other; wrapping said first sheet of heat sealable material around a product, forming a first pair and a second pair of superposed sheet edges on opposite sides of said product, the first and the second end of said handle being arranged between the superposed sheet edges of said first pair and second pair respectively; and heat sealing the edges of each said first and second pair of sheet edges with the respective handle ends therebetween, such that the handle remains sealingly connected to the first sheet in correspondence of the ends thereof.