Gary W Apel

US Patent:

53126653, May 17, 1994

Filed:

Aug 20, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/932994

Inventors:

Earl F. Pratt - Yakima WA
Gary W. Apel - Yakima WA
Kevin D. Jorgensen - Selah WA

Assignee:

Michelsen Packaging Company - Yakima WA

International Classification:

B65D 8112
B32B 108

US Classification:

428402

Abstract:

The specification discloses a loose-fill packing material comprising a plurality of individual packing elements, and a method of making such packing elements. Each packing element comprises at least two paper rings which are connected to each other at their outer surfaces. Each ring comprises a strip of paper which is rolled lengthwise upon itself. The rolls are fabricated by rolling sheets of paper to form elongated paper rolls having cylindrical outer surfaces and by then attaching pairs of elongated paper rolls together at their outer surfaces along their lengths. Individual packing elements are then cut from the pairs of elongated paper rolls.