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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2022
Pregis Innovative Packaging Llc, Deerfield, IL (US);
Thomas D. Wetsch, Naples, FL (US);
Pregis Innovative Packaging LLC, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A stock material unit for a dunnage conversion machine is provided herein. The stock material includes a first strip of sheet material at least partially defining a three-dimensional configuration. The strip of sheet material includes a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The stock material includes a splice member mounted with respect to the sheet material in a first position. The splice member includes a connector that has a bonding member configured to stick to the first end. The connector is releasable from the first position and repositionable to a second position in which it is affixed to the first end by a connecting portion. In the second position, the connecting portion has an exposed area for affixing to a second end of a second continuous sheet of the material to daisy chain the first and second strips of sheet material.