ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,663, issued on April 8, was assigned to Pregis LLC (Chicago).
"Deflatable inflatable web" was invented by Thomas D. Wetsch (Naples, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protective packaging web is disclosed. The web includes a first film web having a plurality of extended portions including a base perimeter enclosing an open base region and an extended surface protruding in one direction from a plane defined by the first film web. The extended surface has a larger surface area than the open base region. The web also includes a second film web sealed to the first film web around a portion of the open base region to form sub-chambers ...