Appeal No. 97-0608 Application 08/287,143 relatively small pieces of material (e.g., polystyrene "pea- nuts," shredded paper, or popcorn) used to fill the empty space around a packaged item in a package and to cushion the product or item and prevent movement of the item during ship- ping and handling. This type of fill material is also sometimes referred to as "dunnage." The void fill material of the present application is derived from sheet material, such as corrugated cardboard. More specifi- cally, it is explained on page 7 of the specification that [t]his invention provides for the easy conversion of sheet material into a void fill material having interlocking members. The cardboard material is cut by the cutter and anvil cylinder arrangement wherein the interlocking members of the void fill mate- rial are formed by the cutting blades on the cutter cylinder. The sheet material, such as corrugated cardboard, is environmentally safe as op- posed to void fill material containing CFCs. By recycling cardboard or sheet material through the present invention, the cardboard or sheet material will not be placed in landfills thereby providing an- other beneficial environmental impact. Corrugated void fill is easy to create, 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007