Roll of shipping units for holding packing slip or the like

Claim 1

THE COMBINATION COMPRISING AN ELONGATED CONTINUOUS INTEGRAL STRIP OF SHEET MATERIAL WOUND IN ROLL FORM WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF TURNS OF THE STRIP WOUND ONE UPON THE OTHER, SAID STRIP HAVING A SERIES OF WEAKENED TEAR AREAS EXTENDING THEREACROSS AND DEFINING A SERIES OF SEPARATION LOCATIONS SPACED ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE STRIP AT WHICH PREDETERMINED DIFFERENT SEPARABLE PORTIONS OF THE STRIP MAY BE SUCCESSIVELY REMOVED FROM THE REMAINDER OF THE ROLL FOR INDIVIDUAL ATTACHMENT TO DIFFERENT ARTICLES TO BE SHIPPED, SAID STRIP BEING PERFORATED AT SAID TEAR AREAS ALONG LINES DISPOSED TRANSVERSELY OF THE LENGTH OF THE STRIP, A WATERPROOF PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COATING A FIRST SIDE OF SAID ROLLED STRIP AND ADPATED TO ADHERE TO ONE OF SAID ARTICLES WITHOUT SOLVENT, A SERIES OF THIN POCKETS FORMED OF TWO LAYERS OF SHEET MATERIAL CARRIED BY AND WOUND WITHIN SAID ROLL, SAID LAYERS DEFINING THEREBETWEEN A SPACE ENCLOSED ON AT LEAST THREE SIDES ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AN ITEM WHICH IS TO BE SECURED TO ONE OF SAID ARTICLES DURING SHIPMENT, EACH OF SAID POCKETS OVERLYING AND BEING ADHERED TO ONLY A PORTION OF THE LAYER OF WATERPROOF PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE ON THE CORRESPONDING ONE OF SAID PORTIONS OF THE ROLLED STRIP, SAID WATERPROOF PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE ON EACH OF SAID PORTIONS OF THE ROLLED STRIP EXTENDING LATERALLY BEYOND THE CORRESPONDING POCKET AND CONTINUOUSLY AND WITHOUT ITERRRUPTION ENTIRELY ABOUT ITS PERIPHERY AT A LOCATION TO CONTACT AND PERIPHERALLY ADHERE TO ONE OF SAID ARTICLES AFTER REMOVAL OF SAID PORTION OF THE STRIP FROM THE ROLL, AND THEREBY FORM A WATERPROOF PROTECTIVE LAYER OF THE ADHESIVE AT AN OUTER SIDE OF THE POCKET AND EXTENDING ABOUT THE PERIPHERY OF THE POCKET AND PROTECTING THE POCKET AND ITS CONTENTS AGAINST CONTACT WITH WATER, SAID WATERPROOF PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE WHICH IS ABOUT THE PERIPHERY OF SAID POCKETS BEING IN CONTACT WITH AND ADHERING TO A SECOND SIDE OF SAID STIRP OF SHEET MATERIAL AND THEREBY SECURING THE STRIP IN ROLL FORM, SAID SECOND SIDE OF THE STRIP BEING A RELEASE SURFACE TO WHICH SAID ADHESIVE WILL ADHERE BUT FROM WHICH THE ADHESIVE IS EASILY SEPARABLE WITHOUT DAMAGE TO THE SURFACE IN UNROLLING SAID STRIP AND REMOVING SAID SUCCESSIVE PORTIONS AND CARRIED POCKETS THEREFROM.