Wrapping material with fastener
A wrapping material for wrapping an item about its circumference having a plurality of wrapping portions forming a continuous roll. Each wrapping portion has a length that is greater than the circumference of an item to be wrapped with a width that is transverse to its length. Each of the wrapping portions include at least one fastener secured in an area there such that the continuous roll includes a plurality of serially disposed fasteners that are spaced from one another along the continuous roll. Each fastener includes a plurality of engaging elements for engaging a plurality of fiber elements of an underlying or overlying segment of a respective wrapping portion during a wrapping cycle. With this arrangement, the tail end of a respective wrapping portion will be secured by the plurality of engaging elements to the underlying or overlying segment at the end of a wrapping cycle.
1. A bale wrapping material for wrapping a bale of agricultural product having a circumference, comprising:
a plurality of bale wrapping portions, each having a wrapping portion length greater than the circumference of the bale of agricultural product and a wrapping portion width transverse to said wrapping portion length, said plurality of wrapping portions forming a continuous roll of wrapping material for wrapping a bale of agricultural product; and
at least one fastener secured to an area of each of said plurality of bale wrapping portions such that said continuous roll of wrapping material includes a plurality of fasteners serially disposed thereon and spaced from one another so that each of said plurality of bale wrapping portions includes said at least one fastener within said area, each of said plurality of fasteners include a plurality of engaging elements for engaging a plurality of fiber elements of an underlying or overlying segment of a respective wrapping portion during a wrapping cycle so as to secure, a tail end of said respective wrapping portion to said underlying or overlying segment at the end of a wrapping cycle;
wherein each wrapping portion includes a continuous wrapping component and a discontinuous wrapping component, said discontinuous wrapping component comprising a breathable material, said at least one fastener being attached to either said continuous wrapping component or said discontinuous wrapping component, and said underlying or overlying segment being a portion of the other of said continuous wrapping component and said discontinuous wrapping component.
2. The bale wrapping material according to claim 1 , wherein each of said plurality of engaging elements include an engaging element body having an engaging element base and an engaging element free end, said engaging element base being attached to a fastener base and said engaging element free end being adapted to engage said fiber elements of said underlying or overlying segment.
3. The bale wrapping material according to claim 2 , wherein each engaging element body has a length in a range of about 0.1 mm to about 20 mm.
4. The bale wrapping material according to claim 2 , wherein each engaging element body extends from said fastener base at an angle in a range of about 15 degrees to about 90 degrees relative to the fastener base.
5. The bale wrapping material according claim 1 , wherein said continuous wrapping component is a netting material, and said discontinuous wrapping component is at least one breathable polymeric panel.
6. The bale wrapping material according to claim 1 , wherein each of said plurality of bale wrapping portions includes a continuous wrapping component connected end-to-end with other adjacent bale wrapping portions forming said continuous roll of wrapping material.
7. The bale wrapping material according to claim 1 , wherein said continuous wrapping component and said discontinuous wrapping component each have a length that is at least substantially equal to the circumference of the bale to be wrapped.
8. The bale wrapping material of claim 1 , wherein each of said bale wrapping portions, when wrapped around the circumference of an bale, comprises:
a first level of said wrapping material comprising at least one layer of a said continuous wrapping component wrapped around the circumference of the bale; and
a second level of said wrapping material comprising at least one layer of a continuous wrapping component overlapping said first level and wrapped around the circumference of the bale.
9. The bale wrapping material according to claim 8 , wherein said second level of said wrapping material includes an additional layer of said discontinuous wrapping component overlapping a segment of said at least one layer of said discontinuous wrapping component.
10. The bale wrapping material according to claim 9 , wherein said continuous portion comprises a netting.
11. The bale wrapping material according to claim 8 , further comprising a third level of said wrapping material comprising at least one layer of said continuous wrapping portion overlapping said second level and wrapped around the circumference of the bale.
12. The bale wrapping material according to claim 11 , wherein said second level of said wrapping material includes an additional layer of said discontinuous component overlapping a segment of said at least one layer of said discontinuous wrapping component.
13. The bale wrapping material according to claim 1 , wherein the bale is formed from agricultural product.
14. The bale wrapping material according to claim 1 , wherein said breathable material is adapted to permit moisture to pass.
15. The bale wrapping material according to claim 1 , wherein said discontinuous wrapping component is a first discontinuous wrapping component, each wrapping portion further comprising a second discontinuous wrapping component.
16. The bale wrapping material according to claim 15 , wherein the first discontinuous wrapping component has a length approximately equal to the circumference of the bale being wrapped.
17. A bale wrapping material for wrapping a bale of agricultural product having a circumference, comprising:
a plurality of bale wrapping portions, each having a wrapping portion length greater than the circumference of the bale of agricultural product and a wrapping portion width transverse to said wrapping portion length, said plurality of bale wrapping portions forming a continuous roll of wrapping material for wrapping a bale of agricultural product; and
at least one fastener secured to an area of each of said plurality of bale wrapping portions such that said continuous roll of wrapping material includes a plurality of fasteners serially disposed thereon and spaced from one another so that each of said plurality of bale wrapping portions includes said at least one fastener within said area, each of said plurality of fasteners include a plurality of engaging elements for engaging a plurality of fiber elements of an underlying or overlying segment of a respective wrapping portion during a wrapping cycle so as to secure a tail end of said respective wrapping portion to said underlying segment at the end of a wrapping cycle;
wherein each said wrapping portion includes a continuous wrapping component and at least one panel of a breathable material, and each of said at least one breathable panel comprises a plurality of sub-panels disposed on each said wrapping portion in such a manner so as to co-act with one another to form said at least one breathable panel when each said wrapping portion is wrapped around the circumference of an bale.