US 12,446,492 B2
System and method for wrapping an agricultural bale
Martin J. Roberge, Quebec (CA); and Jonathan E. Ricketts, Coal Valley, IL (US)
Assigned to CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd., Saskatoon (CA); and CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US)
Filed by CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd., Saskatoon (CA); and CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US)
Filed on Apr. 15, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/636,083.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/459,368, filed on Apr. 14, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0341241 A1, Oct. 17, 2024
Int. Cl. A01F 15/07 (2006.01)
CPC A01F 15/0715 (2013.01) [A01F 2015/0745 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bale wrap for an agricultural bale, comprising:
a wrapping layer having a center section, a first shoulder section, and a second shoulder section, wherein the first shoulder section extends laterally outwardly from a first lateral side of the center section, the second shoulder section extends laterally outwardly from a second lateral side of the center section, the center section is configured to cover a circumferential side of the agricultural bale, the first shoulder section is configured to cover at least 5 percent of a first axial side of the agricultural bale, the second shoulder section is configured to cover at least 5 percent of a second axial side of the agricultural bale, and a center stretchability of the center section with respect to a longitudinal extent of the wrapping layer is greater than a shoulder stretchability of the first and second shoulder sections with respect to the longitudinal extent of the wrapping layer.