US Patent Issued on June 17 for "Packaging material with expanding layer and packaging enclosure formed therewith" (Oregon, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,389, issued on June 17.

"Packaging material with expanding layer and packaging enclosure formed therewith" was invented by Timothy Alan Talda (Renton, Wash.) and John Michael Moran (West Linn, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packaging material including one or more expandable layers that provide protection to contents of a packaging enclosure formed with the packaging material. The packaging material includes at least a first layer and a second layer bonded to one another. The first layer is pulled or extended in a first direction that is effective to cause the second layer to expand in a second direction. The second layer is a...