Patent ID: 8292070

Claim:
A package of sheet media comprising: a stack of individual sheets of sheet media, said stack including a stack width, a stack height and a stack length; a multi-layer strap with a first end and a second end, said multi-layer strap including: a first layer with a first end and a second end, said first layer encircling said stack, a second layer with a first end and a second end, said first end of said first layer and said first end of said second layer defining said first end of said multi-layer strap, said second layer encircling said stack, a third layer with a first end and a second end, said third layer disposed intermediate said first layer and said second layer, and said second end of said third layer connected to said second end of said first layer and said second end of said second layer, and a peeling handle at said first end of said third layer of said multi-layer strap, the peeling handle being disposed between the first layer and second layer, the strap being removable from the stack by pulling on the peeling handle, whereby when the third layer is pulled with the peeling handle, the second layer of the multi-layer strap and the first layer of the multi-layer strap are pulled inward upon themselves to release the stack; and said multi-layer strap being wrapped around said stack such that one of said first end of said multi-layer strap and said second end of said multi-layer strap is overlapping the other of said first end and said second end of said multi-layer strap.