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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
George T Bertram, Newtown, CT (US);
Abraham N Reichental, Southbury, CT (US);
William R Armstrong, Newtown, CT (US);
Assignee:
Sealed Air Corporation, Saddle Brook, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
206523 ; 206592 ; 206320 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for preparing a defined foam cushion for packaging purposes comprises placing a foamable composition into a plastic bag, maintaining the bag in an orientation that provides the bag with a defined solid geometry while the foamable composition expands into foam, and embossing at least one surface of the defined geometry bag after the foam has substantially finished expanding but has not completely hardened.