US 12,391,452 B2
Packing material and method of manufacturing the packing material
Terry Hermanson, Jackson, WY (US); and Huang Meng-Suen, Hong Kong (CN)
Assigned to Terry Hermanson, Memphis, TN (US)
Filed by Terry Hermanson, Memphis, TN (US)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/884,705.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/673,406, filed on Jul. 19, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/624,460, filed on Jan. 24, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/538,629, filed on Sep. 15, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0091787 A1, Mar. 20, 2025
Int. Cl. B65D 81/05 (2006.01); B65D 81/127 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 81/127 (2013.01) [B65D 2581/053 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A packing material comprising:
one or more cushioning layers, each cushioning layer including:
a first molded pulp cushioning panel comprising a plurality of cellulosic fibers molded into a panel having a first base layer and a plurality of first projections extending therefrom, each of the first projections having a distal end that is distal from the first base layer; and
a second molded pulp cushioning panel comprising a plurality of cellulosic fibers molded into a panel having a second base layer and a plurality of second projections extending therefrom, each of the second projections having a distal end that is distal from the second base layer,
wherein the first molded pulp cushioning panel is positioned with the plurality of first projections projecting toward the second molded pulp cushioning panel, and
wherein the second molded pulp cushioning panel is positioned with the plurality of second projections projecting toward the first molded pulp cushioning panel, and at least a portion of the second projections of the plurality of second projections being second contacting projections, the distal ends of the second contacting projections contacting the first molded pulp cushioning panel.