US Patent Issued to IOW on Dec. 16 for "Method of forming a packaging enclosure with an expandable packaging material" (Oregon, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,798, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to IOW LLC (Renton, Wash.).

"Method of forming a packaging enclosure with an expandable packaging material" 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 s...