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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2019
Board of Trustees of Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Mark Hoff, Oriental, NC (US);
Charles F. Schroer, Raleigh, NC (US);
Paul Kenyon, Canton, OH (US);
Murray Ross, Espanola, CA;
Brian Spain, Marysville, MI (US);
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
This disclosure includes ice packs () that comprise paper and absorbent material (A,), and also includes various methods of adding liquid to, freezing, shipping, and/or using such ice packs (). Some of the ice packs () of this disclosure have a body () that includes first and second layers () of paper and one or more side panels (A) coupled thereto such that the body () is expandable. The absorbent material (A,) of some of the ice packs () of this disclosure comprises a laminate having an inner layer (A,B,C,) of superabsorbent polymer disposed between first and second outer layers (), where the first outer layer () comprises tissue and the second outer layer () comprises at least one of a tissue and a carded nonwoven.