US Patent Issued to Sealed Air Verpackungen on Oct. 27 for "Cushioning devices having unitary bodies in looped configurations" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,145, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Sealed Air Verpackungen GMBH (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Cushioning devices having unitary bodies in looped configurations" was invented by Christof Hammerschmidt (Auringen Hessen, Germany) and Sven Lyding (Schenklengsfeld Hessen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cushioning device has a unitary body formed from a resilient material. The unitary body has a length, a width, and a thickness; first and second ends located opposite each other in a direction of the length of the unitary body; first and second coupling mechanisms located on the first and second ends of the unitary body; and a slot thr...