PACKING MATERIAL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE PACKING MATERIAL
Cellulosic packing materials, layers for the cellulosic packing materials, and panels therefor. The panels can be cushioning panels and, more specifically, cellulosic cushioning panels, such as cushioning panels formed from molded pulp or corrugated fiberboard sheets. The panels can be rigid panels and, more specifically, cellulosic rigid panels. The cellulosic cushioning panels can form cushioning layers, and the rigid panels can form rigid layers. Cushioning bocks and packing materials can be formed from the cushioning layers and rigid layers.
1 . A packing material comprising:
one or more cushioning layers, each cushioning layer including:
a first cushioning panel having a first base layer with a plurality of first projections extending therefrom, each of the first projections having a distal end that is distal from the first base layer, the first cushioning panel being a molded pulp panel; and
a second cushioning panel having a second base layer with a plurality of second projections extending therefrom, each of the second projections having a distal end that is distal from the second base layer, the second cushioning panel being a molded pulp panel,
wherein the first cushioning panel is positioned with the plurality of first projections projecting toward the second cushioning panel, and
wherein the second cushioning panel is positioned with the plurality of second projections projecting toward the first cushioning panel, and at least a portion of the second projections of the plurality of second projections being second contacting projections, the distal ends of the second contacting projections contacting the first cushioning panel.
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