US Patent Issued to Western Plastics on June 23 for "Multi-layer packaging pad" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,304, issued on June 23, was assigned to Western Plastics Inc. (Mississauga, Canada).

"Multi-layer packaging pad" was invented by Thomas F. Clarke (Mississauga, Canada) and Michael Sean Hanstock (Bolton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packaging system comprising one or more multi-layer packaging pads applied to a pre-wrapped object, such as a metal coil, at high wear locations for increased abrasion resistance. The multi-layer packaging pad includes first and second plies and optionally a slip sheet. The first and second plies are disposed in an overlapping arrangement and have first and second inside slip surfaces, respectiv...