US4169179A
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Spring-like loose fill packaging material
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1977-10-07
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Granted: 1979-09-25
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Expires: 1997-10-07
Abstract
Abstract The loose fill packaging material of the illustrated embodiment comprises a plurality of elements of, for example, expanded polystyrene. Each packaging element of the embodiment is of a generally block-like form which includes a body portion of a spring-like construction and two leg portions. The spring-like construction is formed by slitting a surface of the body portion at spaced-apart locations prior to the complete expansion of the packaging element.
Inventors
- 👤 Harry Bussey, Jr.
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 23:33
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D81/00; B65D81/02; B65D81/05; B65D81/09; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S206/00; Y10S206/814; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24479; Y10T428/24496; Y10T428/24504; Y10T428/2457; Y10T428/24628; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2982
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
85 words
A loose fill packaging material comprising a plurality of expanded resilient thermoplastic elements, each said element having a body portion of generally rectangular cross-sectional shape and at least two leg portions extending from one side of said body portion, said body portion having a plurality of substantially V-shaped grooves at predetermined locations in a surface thereof opposite said leg portions to define a plurality of interconnected body portion segments disposed perpendicularly of said leg portions, said grooves extending completely across the width of said surface.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
85 words
A loose fill packaging material comprising a plurality of expanded resilient thermoplastic elements, each said element having a body portion of generally rectangular cross-sectional shape and at least two leg portions extending from one side of said body portion, said body portion having a plurality of substantially V-shaped grooves at predetermined locations in a surface thereof opposite said leg portions to define a plurality of interconnected body portion segments disposed perpendicularly of said leg portions, said grooves extending completely across the width of said surface.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
42 words
A packaging material as set forth in claim 1 wherein two of said leg portions extending from said body portion define a recess therebetween, and wherein the grooves are parallel to one another and normal to the longitudinal axis of the recess.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
A packaging material as set forth in claim 1 wherein each said element has a block-like form.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
A packaging material as set forth in claim 1 wherein said elements are made of expanded polystyrene.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
85 words
A loose fill packaging material comprising a plurality of expanded resilient thermoplastic elements, each said element being of a block-like U-shaped form and having body portion of generally rectangular cross-sectional shape and two leg portions extending from said body portion and defining a recess therebetween, said body portion having a plurality of substantially V-shaped grooves at predetermined locations in a surface thereof opposite said leg portions to define a plurality of interconnected body portion segments, said grooves extending completely across the width of said surface.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
85 words
A loose fill packaging material comprising a plurality of expanded resilient thermoplastic elements, each said element being of a block-like U-shaped form and having body portion of generally rectangular cross-sectional shape and two leg portions extending from said body portion and defining a recess therebetween, said body portion having a plurality of substantially V-shaped grooves at predetermined locations in a surface thereof opposite said leg portions to define a plurality of interconnected body portion segments, said grooves extending completely across the width of said surface.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
81 words
A loose fill packing element of expanded resilient thermoplastic material, said element having a body portion of generally rectangular cross-sectional shape and at least two leg portions extending from one side of said body portion to define a recess therebetween, and said body portion having a plurality of substantially V-shaped grooves at predetermined locations in a surface thereof opposite said leg portions to define a plurality of interconnected body portion segments, said grooves extending completely across the width of said surface.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
81 words
A loose fill packing element of expanded resilient thermoplastic material, said element having a body portion of generally rectangular cross-sectional shape and at least two leg portions extending from one side of said body portion to define a recess therebetween, and said body portion having a plurality of substantially V-shaped grooves at predetermined locations in a surface thereof opposite said leg portions to define a plurality of interconnected body portion segments, said grooves extending completely across the width of said surface.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
28 words
A loose fill packaging element as set forth in claim 6 wherein the grooves are parallel to one another and normal to the longitudinal axis of the recess.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
30 words
A loose fill packaging element as set forth in claim 6 wherein each said segment has a length substantially equal to the width of a leg portion of said element.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
16 words
A loose fill packaging element as set forth in claim 6 having a block-like U-shaped form.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
88 words
A loose fill packaging material comprising a plurality of expandable resilient thermoplastic elements, each said element having a body portion of generally rectangular cross-sectional shape and at least two leg portions extending from said body portion, said body portion having a plurality of slits at predetermined locations in a surface thereof opposite said leg portions to define a plurality of interconnected body portion segments disposed perpendicularly of said leg portions, said slits extending completely across the width of said surface to form grooves in each element after expansion.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
88 words
A loose fill packaging material comprising a plurality of expandable resilient thermoplastic elements, each said element having a body portion of generally rectangular cross-sectional shape and at least two leg portions extending from said body portion, said body portion having a plurality of slits at predetermined locations in a surface thereof opposite said leg portions to define a plurality of interconnected body portion segments disposed perpendicularly of said leg portions, said slits extending completely across the width of said surface to form grooves in each element after expansion.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
93 words
A loose fill packing material comprising a plurality of expandable resilient thermoplastic elements, each said element being of a block-like U-shaped form and having a body portion of generally rectangular cross-sectional shape and two leg portions extending from said body portion and defining a recess therebetween, said body portion having a plurality of parallel slits at predetermined locations in a surface thereof opposite said leg portions to define a plurality of interconnected body portion segments, said slits extending completely across the width of said surface to form grooves in each element after expansion.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
93 words
A loose fill packing material comprising a plurality of expandable resilient thermoplastic elements, each said element being of a block-like U-shaped form and having a body portion of generally rectangular cross-sectional shape and two leg portions extending from said body portion and defining a recess therebetween, said body portion having a plurality of parallel slits at predetermined locations in a surface thereof opposite said leg portions to define a plurality of interconnected body portion segments, said slits extending completely across the width of said surface to form grooves in each element after expansion.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
84 words
A loose fill packing element of expandable resilient thermoplastic materials, said element having a body portion of generally rectangular cross-sectional shape and at least two leg portions extending from said body portion to define a recess therebetween, and said body portion having a plurality of slits at predetermined locations in a surface thereof opposite said leg portions to define a plurality of interconnected body portion segments, said slits extending completely across the width of said surface to form grooves in each element after expansion.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
84 words
A loose fill packing element of expandable resilient thermoplastic materials, said element having a body portion of generally rectangular cross-sectional shape and at least two leg portions extending from said body portion to define a recess therebetween, and said body portion having a plurality of slits at predetermined locations in a surface thereof opposite said leg portions to define a plurality of interconnected body portion segments, said slits extending completely across the width of said surface to form grooves in each element after expansion.
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