Rolled paper product cargo assemblages and method for making rolled paper product cargo assemblages

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11667446-B2
Application number	US-202217669414-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 11, 2022
Priority date	Mar 8, 2019
Publication date	Jun 6, 2023
Grant date	Jun 6, 2023

Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to cargo assemblages that may include containers of rolled products stacked on pallets secured thereto with film and methods of producing such cargo assemblages. The load may include containers of absorbent paper product arranged in stacked layers from a bottom layer of containers to a top layer of containers. A film may be applied to connect the load with the pallet and to connect neighboring stacked layers together. The film may be wrapped around the pallet and/or layers of containers with a wrap profile having different characteristics, such as for example, containment forces; tensions; numbers of layers, and/or locations of layers with respect to the load, the pallet, and/or each other.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cargo assemblage comprising:
a pallet comprising a first perimeter;
a load comprising a bottom surface and a top surface, the bottom surface comprising a second perimeter, the load comprising containers of absorbent paper product, the containers arranged in stacked layers from a bottom layer of containers to a top layer of containers; and
a film connecting the load with the pallet and connecting neighboring stacked layers together, the film comprising a wrap profile, the wrap profile comprising first layers of film that connect the bottom layer of containers with the pallet and second layers of film that connect neighboring stacked layers together, wherein the film is wrapped around the bottom layer of containers with a bottom containment force from about 5 pounds to about 9 pounds, and wherein the film is wrapped around the top layer of containers with a top containment force that is greater than about 3 pounds.

2. The cargo assemblage of claim 1 , wherein the top containment force is less than the bottom containment force.

3. The cargo assemblage of claim 2 , wherein the film is wrapped around neighboring layers of containers with a middle containment force that is less than the bottom containment force.

4. The cargo assemblage of claim 1 , further comprising at least one intermediate layer of containers positioned between the top layer of containers and the bottom layer of containers.

5. The cargo assemblage of claim 4 , wherein the film is wrapped around the at least one intermediate layer of containers with a middle containment force that is less than the bottom containment force.

6. The cargo assemblage of claim 1 , wherein the bottom layer of containers defines the bottom surface of the load and the top layer of containers defines the top surface of the load.

7. The cargo assemblage of claim 1 , wherein the first layers of film comprise a roped portion.

8. The cargo assemblage of claim 1 , wherein the film comprises an unstretched thickness gauge of about 45×10 −5 inches to about 90×10 −5 inches.

9. The cargo assemblage of claim 1 , wherein the film comprises an unstretched width of about 20 inches to about 30 inches.

10. The cargo assemblage of claim 1 , wherein the film comprises a stretched width of about 16 inches to about 30 inches.

11. The cargo assemblage of claim 1 , wherein the film is pre-stretched from about 100% to about 250%.

12. The cargo assemblage of claim 1 , wherein the film comprises an overlap of about 3 inches to about 20 inches.

13. The cargo assemblage of claim 1 , wherein the first layers of film comprise from about 4 layers to about 7 layers of film.

14. The cargo assemblage of claim 1 , wherein the pallet comprises a CHEP pallet.

15. The cargo assemblage of claim 1 , wherein the pallet comprises a GMA pallet.

16. The cargo assemblage of claim 1 , wherein second perimeter of the bottom surface is completely surrounded by the first perimeter of the pallet.

17. The cargo assemblage of claim 1 , wherein the absorbent paper product comprises rolled paper product.

18. The cargo assemblage of claim 17 , wherein the rolled paper product comprises an absorbent towel substrate, a sanitary tissue substrate, or a cellulosic fiber containing substrate.

19. The cargo assemblage of claim 17 , wherein the rolled paper product comprises a roll density greater than or equal to about 0.03 g/cm 3 and less than or equal to about 0.32 g/cm 3 .

20. The cargo assemblage of claim 17 , wherein the rolled paper product has a roll diameter from about 6 inches to about 14 inches.

21. A cargo assemblage comprising:
a pallet comprising a first perimeter;
a load comprising a bottom surface and a top surface, the bottom surface comprising a second perimeter, wherein the second perimeter is asymmetrical, wherein the bottom surface is positioned on the pallet, the load comprising containers of absorbent paper product, the containers arranged in stacked layers from a bottom layer of containers to a top layer of containers; and
a film connecting the load with the pallet and connecting neighboring stacked layers together, the film comprising a wrap profile, the wrap profile comprising first layers of film that connect the bottom layer of containers with the pallet and second layers of film that connect neighboring stacked layers together, wherein the film is wrapped around the bottom layer of containers with a bottom containment force, and wherein the film is wrapped around the top layer of containers with a top containment force that is less than the bottom containment force.

22. A cargo assemblage comprising:
a pallet comprising a first perimeter;
a load comprising a bottom surface and a top surface, the bottom surface comprising a second perimeter, the load comprising containers of absorbent paper product, the containers arranged in stacked layers from a bottom layer of containers to a top layer of containers;
wherein the load is at least partially underhung and is at least partially overhung;
a film connecting the load with the pallet and connecting neighboring stacked layers together, the film comprising a wrap profile, the wrap profile comprising first layers of film that connect the bottom layer of containers with the pallet and second layers of film that connect neighboring stacked layers together, wherein the film is wrapped around the bottom layer of containers with a bottom containment force, and wherein the film is wrapped around the top layer of containers with a top containment force that is less than the bottom containment force.

Assignees

• Procter & Gamble

Inventors

• Green Mark A
• Taske Leo E
• Smith Scott M
• Nilo Carlos O
• Gerlach Kimberly M
• Hamm Richard W
• Britton Frederick Scott
• Vazquez Santiago Arnaldo

Classifications

• B65D2571/00018

  under tension · CPC title

• B65D71/0096 Primary

  the dimensions of the supports corresponding to the periphery of the load, e.g. pallets · CPC title

• B65D71/0088 Primary

  Palletisable loads, i.e. loads intended to be transported by means of a fork-lift truck · CPC title

• B65D75/006

  in stretch films · CPC title