Patent ID: 7041353

Claim:
An insulation package comprising: a plurality of resilient fibrous insulation batts in a stack; each of the resilient fibrous insulation batts having a length, a width and a thickness; each of the resilient fibrous insulation batts having a first major surface and a second major surface; the resilient fibrous insulation batts including uncut fibrous insulation batts and pre-cut fibrous insulation batts; each of the pre-cut fibrous insulation batts having a plurality of longitudinally extending batt sections formed in the pre-cut fibrous insulation batt by a plurality of longitudinally extending cut means spaced inwardly from lateral edges of the pre-cut fibrous insulation batt and located intermediate the batt sections of the pre-cut fibrous insulation batt; each of the cut means being closed to prevent a formation of thermal bridges in the direction of the thickness of the pre-cut fibrous insulation batt; the batt sections being separably joined to adjacent batt sections by separable connector means, extending along the length of the pre-cut fibrous insulation batt, for holding the pre-cut fibrous insulation butt together for handling; and each of the separable connector means being separable by hand to separate adjacent batt sections from each other whereby the pre-cut fibrous insulation batt can be handled as a unit for insulating a cavity having a width about equal to the width of the pre-cut fibrous insulation batt or separated by hand into batt sections at one or more of the separable connector means for insulating a cavity having a lesser width; between 20% and 70% of the stack of resilient fibrous insulation batts being the pre-cut fibrous insulation batts; between 30% and 80% of the stack of resilient fibrous insulation batts being the uncut fibrous insulation batts; the stack of resilient fibrous insulation batts being compressed in a direction perpendicular to the major surfaces of the insulation batts; and the stack of resilient fibrous insulation batts being enveloped within a covering to form a package containing the resilient fibrous insulation batts that includes between 20% and 70% of the pre-cut fibrous insulation batts and between 30% and 80% of the uncut fibrous insulation batts.