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The Quarterly Review ; March edition, 1825
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8052037 | Paper products for dunnage and packaging and method of making same A paper product may be made as a crumpled paper strip provided with a layer of coadhesive on one side to adhere opposed portions of the strip together in a strong manner to form a dunnage material. The paper product may also be made as a packaging wrap of two-ply co... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7377392 | Fruit protection system A fruit protection and transportation system providing various apparatus and methods to absorb impact and compression forces to reduce damage to fruit (3). Particular embodiments of the invention comprise a fruit protector blank (1) of resiliently comp... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7361397 | Film material for air-filled packing cushions A machine which inflates and seals pillows in packaging is compact in overall size, can be conveniently operated to produce varied lengths of strips of inflated pillow-type packaging as needed, can begin production of inflated pillow-type strip packaging immediately... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7353945 | Folded pack The folded pack consists of one piece, this part being produced from a substantially rectangular strip of board-like material (board blank), which is folded at fold lines (2-7) running transversely with respect to its longitudinal axis and spaced apart... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7303076 | Fruit conformable resiliently compressible force absorption system A fruit protection and transportation system providing various apparatus and methods to absorb impact and compression forces to reduce damage to fruit (3). Particular embodiments of the invention comprise a fruit protector blank (1) of resiliently comp... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7297387 | Air-filling cushioning material and method for manufacturing the same The present invention provides an air-filling cushioning material which can sufficiently inflate cells and, in addition, which can hold the crease of the fold when being formed into a three-dimensional configuration. An air-filling cushioning material 1, in w... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7290658 | Charger wire package and container A package (30) for an individual charging wire (10) includes a backing (32) having a back portion (42) and a front portion (44). A first perforation (46) is defined in the backing (32) between the back portion (42 | 11/06/2007 |
| 7223462 | Film material for air-filled packing cushions A machine which inflates and seals pillows in packaging is compact in overall size, can be conveniently operated to produce varied lengths of strips of inflated pillow-type packaging as needed, can begin production of inflated pillow-type strip packaging immediately... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7220476 | Apparatus and method for forming inflated chambers An inflatable web, and method and apparatus for inflating the web, which generally includes two sheets having inner surfaces sealed to each other in a pattern defining a series of inflatable chambers of predetermined length, each of the chambers having at least one ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7090912 | Film material for air-filled packing cushions A machine which inflates and seals pillows in packaging is compact in overall size, can be conveniently operated to produce varied lengths of strips of inflated pillow-type packaging as needed, can begin production of inflated pillow-type strip packaging immediately... | 08/15/2006 |
| 6926947 | Domed packing material A packing material having a plurality of domes formed therein, and methods for forming same are provided. A plurality of layers of a substrate are placed together to form a composite material with a plurality of layers, and domes are formed in the plurality of layer... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6783005 | Liner A new way of shipping cartons and other packages so as to minimize the cost and the resource used. The invention is directed in the first embodiment to a liner, particularly for use in combination with shrink wrap packaging, which includes corners for compressive st... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6779666 | Packaging envelope and method for making the same An envelope, bag or other mailing device for preventing the shifting of an item located within the envelope and a method for making the same is provided. The envelope includes a front panel, a back panel and at least one protrusion. The back panel is coupled to the ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6761960 | Inflatable, cushioning, bubble wrap product having multiple, interconnected, bubble structures An inflatable, conformable, cushioning, packaging product comprises a plurality of individual inflatable strips of multiple bubble cushioning structures. Each individual inflatable strip has a plurality of bubble chambers with each bubble chamber interconnected to a... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6627276 | Cushioning material A tube-shaped cushioning material in which an air bag is continuously connected in line or mat-shaped cushioning material in which an air bag is continuously connected in two dimensions, in which a cutout notch is formed at a given space or continuously i... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6565946 | Web of film formed with a pattern of pillows to be inflated and sealed and used in packaging A machine which inflates and seals pillows in packaging is compact in overall size, can be conveniently operated to produce varied lengths of strips of inflated pillow-type packaging as needed, can begin production of inflated pillow-type strip packaging ... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6436511 | Cushioning conversion machine, method and product A cushioning conversion machine includes a plurality of laterally spaced apart upstream assemblies which advance the sheet stock material with a transversely reciprocating twisting motion and at least one downstream assembly that retards the advance of th... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6410119 | Inflatable, cushioning, bubble wrap product having multiple, interconnected, bubble structures An inflatable, conformable, cushioning, packaging product comprises a plurality of individual inflatable strips of multiple bubble cushioning structures. Each individual inflatable strip has a plurality of bubble chambers with each bubble chamber intercon... | 06/25/2002 |
| 5806683 | Wrapped package and method using molded fiber inner structure A wrapped package for at least one product to be packaged comprising a molded fiber inner structure to provide a six-sided folded up rectangular package and sheet material at least partially enclosing the inner structure and providing planar surfaces on w... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5702053 | Composite insulator-packing container and a method for packing a composite insulator A composite insulator-packing container is made of a single-faced corrugated fiberboard composed of a linerboard and a corrugating medium joined to one surface of the linerboard. The fiberboard is fabricated in a form of a polygonal prism by folding an or... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5688578 | Composite packaging material having an expanded sheet with a separator sheet The invention relates to a composite cushioning system for protecting articles, packaged within a box, from damage while being transported in the box. The composite structure includes an expansion sheet of expanded slit sheet, in combination with a separa... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5667871 | Slit sheet packing material A filling material for use in filling hollow spaces in packaging or the like comprising one or more pieces of flexible paper material. The paper material has a plurality of individual slits formed in parallel spaced rows extending transversely from one en... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5595806 | Mat for bearing and supporting objects, especially for packaging The mat disclosed has an air-tight flexible envelope closable by means of a valve and filled with a granular filling material. The filling material is lodged in a fabric sack made from a spacing fabric. The filling material is a composite body composed of... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5590781 | Unitary conformable shipping container A unitary container for securely packaging objects and protecting such objects from damage during transit. The unitary container is padded to provide protection to the object and is elasticized to be conformable to the shape of the object being packaged. ... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5538778 | Method and apparatus for producing individual rolls of packing material An expanded cushioning material for packing or packaging is in the form of a filled cylinder. The cylinder is formed from a spiral of an essentially flexible, extended sheet material. The flexible material, in its unexpanded form, has a plurality of space... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5492616 | Protective envelope package A protective envelope package is formed by folding an essentially flat blank along a midpoint and hinge area to form an essentially flat first panel and flat second panel. Upstanding from and along the top and bottom peripheral edges of the flat first pan... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5469965 | Video cassette mailers The video cassette mailer comprises a box which is foldable from a prescored blank and includes a structure therein for securely isolating at least one video cassette from any damage which it may incur during mailing. The isolating structure is configured... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5358170 | Packed electric lamp The packing sleeve (10) of the packed electric lamp (1) has substantially flat walls (13-16) which are interconnected about edges (17, 17'). In a first end portion (11 ) of the sleeve, from an edge (17) incisions are present in adjacent walls (13, 14) to ... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5295580 | Container with overlapping flap closure and nesting spacer A container for shipping, storing, or displaying articles which has an inner protective flap (10) and outer protective flap (12) that fold to enclose an article. The interior of the container is composed of a nesting spacer (38) which is enclosed by a pri... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5143133 | Furniture covering for shipment A covering for furniture during shipment thereof is comprised of a flexible sheet material constructed of a multiplicity of plys utilizing easily recyclable material and is folded into a configuration having free ends stitched shut whereby the covering ma... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5127525 | Non-uniformly shaped article stabilizing container apparatus An article stabilizing container apparatus for the envelopment and restraint of one or more non-uniformly shaped articles therewithin for the protection of the article during shipment. One or more inner article containment members encase and encircle the ... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5114012 | Interleaved spiral wrapping of foam product and stretch film for packaging carbonless paper rolls A method and apparatus are provided for producing a foam wrapped package for protecting a roll of pressure-sensitive carbonless copy paper. Interleaved foam and film are wrapped under tension around the outer periphery of the roll of carbonless paper by s... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5007538 | Interleaved spiral wrapping of foam product and stretch film for packaging carbonless paper rolls A method and apparatus are provided for producing a foam wrapped package for protecting a roll of pressure-sensitive carbonless copy paper. Interleaved foam and film are wrapped under tension around the outer periphery of the roll of carbonless paper by s... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4936459 | Interleaved spiral wrapping of foam product and stretch film for packaging carbonless paper rolls A method and apparatus are provided for producing a foam wrapped package for protecting a roll of pressure-sensitive carbonless copy paper. Interleaved foam and film are wrapped under tension around the outer periphery of the roll of carbonless paper by s... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4299850 | Package for fragile food items A package for protecting fragile food items against damage in commerce. The package includes a tray being formed with a cutout defining a saddle and a return bend portion defining a slot having a retaining wall and a plurality of nested, generally U-shape... | 11/10/1981 |