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L.p. Brown Company, Inc.

Kenneth L Porter

James L Hayes

Improved object wrapping materials exhibiting a number of beneficial properties to overcome prior deficiencies are provided. Such properties include the inclusion of a separation interface overlay that allows for greater rigidity at the leading and trailing edges of such wraps. Also, the inclusion of shear-reducing wrap material portions is described, as well as recoil reduction structures within the leading edge regions. Furthermore, core adhesive additions allow for greater resiliency to the base wrap material as it unwinds therefrom, reducing potential waste wrap products by permitting greater amounts of wrap materials in use. Other considerations include the ability, through proper configuration designs, to position a wrap separation indicator within a certain range of distances from the trailing edge, thereby providing greater reliability of wrap application device disengagement during wrap application. Such benefits are thus supplied individually and in tandem for improved versatility and utility of such wrap materials.

Wrapping materials for solid objects

In a continuous roll of wrapping material for crops such as cotton or hay, the individual wrapping segments are arranged so that a permanent adhesive is protected until the point when this adhesive is to be exposed for securing a wrapping segment to itself, encircling a subject bale located in and harvested from a field, wherein the contiguous wrapping segments separate from each other either at a point of weakness associated with perforations and the like, or as overlaid segments that slidably come apart.

Harvested bale wrapping material sheets

A continuous roll of wrapping material for crops such as baled cotton wherein wrapping segments are set off by spaced transverse lines of slits or scoring for predictable separation during the wrapping process. Protection of the transverse lines and sealing assistance may be included by the addition of an adhesive layer and a V-fold over the transverse lines.

Harvested bale wrapping material

In combination, a self-supporting module of fibrous material and a cover. The cover includes a cap with a top member covering the top of the module, a first side wall member attached to the top member and depending downwardly from the top member and covering at least a part of the upper portion of the first side wall of the module, a second side wall member attached to the top member and depending downwardly from the top member and covering at least a part of the upper portion of the second side wall of the module, a first end wall member attached to the top member and depending downwardly from the top member and covering at least a part of the upper portion of the first end wall of the module, and a second end wall member attached to the top member and depending downwardly from the top member and covering at least a part of the upper portion of the second end wall of the module, leaving the bottom and at least a part of the lower portion of each side wall and end wall of the module uncovered; first strap structure secured to the cap at a point slightly below the top member of the cap and extending completely around the module lengthwise and parallel to the top of the module; and a second strap structure secured to the cap at a point below the bottom edge of the first strap structure and extending completely around the module lengthwise and parallel to the top of the module.

Module cover

In combination, a self-supporting module of fibrous material and a cover. The cover includes a cap with a top member covering the top of the module, a first side wall member attached to the top member and depending downwardly from the top member and covering at least a part of the upper portion of the first side wall of the module, a second side wall member attached to the top member and depending downwardly from the top member and covering at least a part of the upper portion of the second side wall of the module, a first end wall member attached to the top member and depending downwardly from the top member and covering at least a part of the upper portion of the first end wall of the module, and a second end wall member attached to the top member and depending downwardly from the top member and covering at least a part of the upper portion of the second end wall of the module; first strap structure secured to the cap at a point slightly below the top member of the cap and extending completely around the module lengthwise and parallel to the top of the module; and a second strap structure secured to the cap at a point below the first strap structure and extending completely around the module lengthwise and parallel to the top of the module.

A cover for protecting at least a portion of a compressed module of fibrous material from wind, rain, etc. The cover includes a cap; a first hanger member secured to a first side wall member of the cap at a point slightly below a top member of the cap; a second hanger member secured to the first side wall member of the cap at a point slightly below the top member of the cap and spaced from the first hanger member; a third hanger member secured to a second side wall member of the cap at a point slightly below the top member of the cap; a fourth hanger member secured to the second side wall member of the cap at a point slightly below the top member of the cap and spaced from the third hanger member; and strap means extending through the first and second hanger members parallel to the top of the module, through the third and fourth hanger members parallel to the top of the module, and around first and second end walls of the module at a spaced distance below the hanger members.

A cover for protecting at least a portion of a cotton module from wind, rain, etc. The cover includes a cap for covering the top of a cotton module. The cap may be formed by a top member, side wall members attached to the top member and depending downwardly therefrom, and end wall members attached to the top member and depending downwardly therefrom. The angle between the bottom surface of the top member and the inside surfaces of at least the upper portion of each of the wall members may be greater than 90 degrees. Securing structure for securing the cap to the cotton module may include an upper securing strap for securing the cap to the cotton module at a point slightly below the top of the cotton module, and a lower securing strap for securing the cap to the cotton module at a spaced distance below the upper securing strap.

Cotton module cover

An apparatus and method for use with a cotton module builder to roll a cotton module cover over the top of a cotton module while the cotton module is within the cotton module builder or as the cotton module builder is being moved from the cotton module. The apparatus includes a roll of flexible material; and a frame for being attached to the module builder, for supporting the roll of flexible material, and for allowing flexible material to be paid out from the roll of flexible material over a module as the frame is moved relative to the top of the module.

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Olive Branch, MS, United States of America

Kenneth L Porter