CPC B29C 59/021 (2013.01) [B29C 49/0031 (2013.01); B32B 1/08 (2013.01); B32B 3/20 (2013.01); B65D 1/40 (2013.01); B29C 2949/074 (2022.05); Y10T 428/2975 (2015.01)] | 19 Claims |
1. A structure, comprising:
a flexible plastic body having a first end and a second end, as well as a first side and a second side disposed opposite each other, the first side comprising a first plurality of segments that includes two non-adjacent segments and an intervening segment disposed between the two non-adjacent segments, and the intervening segment having a curved configuration, and the second side comprising a second plurality of segments, and the flexible body has a length that is greater than a width of the flexible body; and
a plurality of living hinges integral with the flexible plastic body, and one of the living hinges is positioned between, and connects, two of the segments, that are positioned either on the first side or the second side, such that the flexible plastic body extends unbroken between those two segments, and the living hinges enable the flexible plastic body to alternatively assume a flat state in which the living hinges are positioned transverse to a lengthwise edge of the flexible plastic body, or another state in which the flexible plastic body is not flat.
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