US 11,873,126 B2
Segmented wrapping films and related methods
Scott Stevens, Edna, TX (US)
Assigned to Inteplast Group Corporation, Livingston, NJ (US)
Filed by Inteplast Group Ltd., Livingston, NJ (US)
Filed on Dec. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/138,142.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/955,150, filed on Dec. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0197992 A1, Jul. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. B65B 11/02 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 11/025 (2013.01) [B65B 2210/20 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A roll of wrapping material, comprising:
an elongated core;
a plurality of roll segments, wherein each of the plurality of roll segments comprises a hollow center, wherein the elongated core extends through each of the plurality of roll segments, wherein each of the plurality of roll segments is separated from each adjacent roll segment of the plurality of roll segments by a fixed gap, and wherein each of the plurality of roll segments comprises a first reinforced edge at a first end of the roll segment and a second reinforced edge at a second end of the roll segment opposite the first end such that there are at least four reinforced edges positioned on the elongated core simultaneously for wrapping one or more objects simultaneously using the plurality of separated roll segments, wherein the roll is configured to maintain the fixed gap between each adjacent roll segments of the plurality of roll segments; and
at least one spacer positioned between each adjacent roll segments of the plurality of roll segments, wherein the at least one spacer is configured to prevent adjacent roll segments from interfering with each other.