Packing material and method

US8011511B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Simpak International LLC · US

Inventors

• Max Douglas Oyler · Mason, US
• William Kennet Oyler, III · Louisville, US
• Michael John Lyons · Louisville, US
• Ron Smith · Sahuarita, US
• Charles W. Woods, II · Louisville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 10, 2009
• Grant date: Sep 6, 2011
• Expiry date: Sep 14, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D81/051
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A packing material is made of a thin plastic bag with compressible beads inside, and with the pressure inside the bag being sufficiently less than the ambient pressure outside the bag to keep the beads in a non-free-flowing state, the packing material being generally flat, with a generally constant cross-sectional thickness and having at least one trough of lesser cross-sectional thickness to serve as a bend line.