Embossed cushioning material for protecting an object, and use of such a cushioning material

Abstract

An embossed cushioning material for protecting an object, said cushioning material comprising a plurality of embossed first bulged portions. According to the invention, the cushioning material comprises a plurality of embossed second bulged portions, the first bulged portions and the second bulged portions having a base outline when viewed from above, and both a width dimension of the base outline of the first bulged portions and a distance between adjacent first bulged portions being smaller than a width dimension of the base outline of the second bulged portions.

1 . An embossed cushioning material for protecting an object, the cushioning material comprising a plurality of embossed first bulged portions, wherein the cushioning material comprises a plurality of embossed second bulged portions, the first bulged portions and the second bulged portions having a base outline when viewed from above, and both a width dimension of the base outline of the first bulged portions and a distance between adjacent first bulged portions being smaller than a width dimension of the base outline of the second bulged portions. 
     
     
         2 . The embossed cushioning material according to  claim 1 , wherein the second bulged portions are produced after the embossing of the first bulged portions. 
     
     
         3 . The embossed cushioning material according to  claim 1 , wherein the cushioning material comprises at least regionally a plurality of folds which are produced during or before the embossing of the first bulged portions. 
     
     
         4 . The embossed cushioning material according to  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of first bulged portions comprises such bulged portions which extend alternatingly in a first direction and in a second direction, the second direction being opposite to the first direction. 
     
     
         5 . The embossed cushioning material according to  claim 1 , wherein the second bulged portions extend at least substantially only in a single direction. 
     
     
         6 . The embossed cushioning material according to  claim 1 , wherein at the first bulged portions and the second bulged portions have an approximately circular base outline when viewed from above, and that a diameter of the base outline of the second bulged portions is at least approximately three times, more preferably at least approximately four times as large as a diameter of the base outline of the first bulged portions. 
     
     
         7 . The embossed cushioning material according to  claim 6 , wherein a minimum distance between two adjacent first bulged portions is approximately 10%-100% of the diameter of the base outline of the first bulged portions. 
     
     
         8 . The embossed cushioning material according to  claim 1 , wherein the first bulged portions have a first shape of the base outline, and the second bulged portions have a second shape of the base outline, the first and second shapes being different. 
     
     
         9 . The embossed cushioning material according to  claim 1 , wherein it comprises a paper material and/or cardboard material, preferably is made of a paper material and/or cardboard material. 
     
     
         10 . The use of an embossed cushioning material according to  claim 1 , characterized in that wherein the second bulged portions are used to at least partially accommodate foodstuffs, in particular fruits or eggs.