US 11,919,697 B2
Air cushioning material
Tomoaki Ito, Hino (JP); Yuichi Ando, Higashimurayama (JP); Masato Shimokawara, Inagi (JP); Hiroaki Takada, Mitaka (JP); Tsuyoshi Tamaru, Toyokawa (JP); and Masato Shinomura, Hino (JP)
Assigned to KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/224,107.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-075502 (JP), filed on Apr. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0323747 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. B65D 81/05 (2006.01); B65D 81/03 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 81/052 (2013.01) [B65D 81/03 (2013.01); B65D 81/055 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air cushioning material comprising:
a first module including a first air cell containing air, a second air cell containing air, and a first belt-like part connecting the first air cell and the second air cell to each other, wherein the first belt-like part comprises an air passage;
a second module including a third air cell containing air, a fourth air cell containing air, and a second belt-like part connecting the third air cell and the fourth air cell to each other;
a coupling part that couples a part of the second air cell and a part of the fourth air cell in a second direction, where a direction from the second air cell toward the first air cell and a direction from the fourth air cell toward the third air cell are defined as a first direction, and a direction intersecting the first direction is defined as the second direction, wherein
a length of the first belt-like part in the first direction is equal to or longer than a length of the third air cell in the second direction,
a length of the second belt-like part in the first direction is equal to or longer than a length of the first air cell in the second direction, and
the first, second, third, and fourth air cells are disposed on one flat base film, and the flat base film forms a part of the first, second, third, and fourth air cells.