Patent ID: 8763351

Claim:
A method of laminating a thin fragile part, comprising (a) preparing a laminatable assembly, comprising (i) providing a first sheet of laminatable material having a first surface, a second surface and a peripheral edge; (ii) contacting the second surface of the first sheet of laminatable material formed of a heat-laminatable material with a first surface of a non-stick layer formed of a non-stick material selected from non-stick polymer-impregnated film and parchment; (iii) placing a thin fragile part to be packaged on a second surface of the first non-stick layer opposite the first surface of the non-stick layer such that a first surface of the thin fragile part contacts the second surface of the non-stick layer; (iv) contacting a second surface of the thin fragile part opposite the first surface of the thin fragile part with a first surface of a second non-stick layer formed of a non-stick material; and (v) providing a second sheet of laminatable material formed of a heat-laminatable material having a first surface, a second surface and a peripheral edge, such that the peripheral edge of the first sheet of laminatable material is generally aligned with the peripheral edge of the second sheet of laminatable material to form the laminatable assembly having the first sheet and the second sheet of laminatable material as outer surfaces thereof; and (b) laminating at least the peripheral edges of the first and second sheets of laminatable material to form a laminated package enclosing the thin fragile part.