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Bubble Wrap Brand
A sheet of Bubble Wrap
Current owner Sealed Air Corporation
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
Markets world
Website Bubble Wrap Brand - Official website

Bubble Wrap is a pliable transparent plastic material commonly used for packing fragile items. Sealed Air Corporation ( is a company that makes a variety of packaging materials systems and equipment The United States of America —commonly referred to as the In Optics, transparency (also called pellucidity) is the Material property of allowing Plastic is the general common term for a wide range of synthetic or semisynthetic organic solid materials suitable for the manufacture of industrial products Regularly spaced, protruding air-filled hemispheres ("bubbles") provide cushioning for precious or breakable items. Bubble Wrap was created by two engineers, Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes, in 1957. Bubble Wrap is a pliable transparent Plastic material commonly used for packing fragile items Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Like many innovations, it was accidental: The two were trying to create a textured plastic wallpaper with paper backing that could be easily cleaned. The term is a registered trademark of the Sealed Air Corporation (US) which was founded in 1960 by those inventors, and should theoretically only be used for products of that company. A trademark or trade mark, represented by the symbols ™ and ®, or mark is a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual Sealed Air Corporation ( is a company that makes a variety of packaging materials systems and equipment However, due to the popularity of the brand, the trademark has been genericized. A genericized trademark (also known as a generic trademark or proprietary eponym) is a Trademark or Brand name that has become the colloquial

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The bubbles that provide the cushioning for fragile or sensitive objects are generally available in different sizes, depending on the size of the object being packed, as well as the level of cushioning protection that is needed. Package cushioning is used to help protect fragile items during shipment Multiple layers might be needed to provide shock protection while a single layer micht be used for a surface protective layer. A mechanical or physical shock is a sudden Acceleration or deceleration caused for example by impact drop kick Earthquake, or Explosion. They can be as small as 1/4 inch (6 millimeters) in diameter, to as large as an inch (25 millimeters) or more, to provide added levels of shock absorption during transit. In addition to the degree of protection available from the size of the air bubbles in the plastic, the plastic material itself can offer some forms of protection for the object in question. For example, when shipping sensitive electronic parts and components, a type of Bubble Wrap is used that employs an anti-static plastic that dissipates static charges, thereby protecting the sensitive electronic chips from static which can damage them.

Other uses

Some people like to play with Bubble Wrap.
Some people like to play with Bubble Wrap.

Bubble Wrap is used by some as a distracting amusement or stress relieving activity. These people enjoy popping the plastic bubbles and listening to the sound that it makes. The noise is created when pressure is exerted on the small hemisphere of air and the high pressure eventually breaks the plastic barrier. This practice has even spawned websites in which one can move the mouse cursor over "virtual Bubble Wrap" and hear it pop.

In an episode of the British TV comedy "Red Dwarf", Lister travels back in time and becomes "disgustingly rich" by inventing the Tension Sheet, a stress-relieving device that transpires to be a sheet of bubble wrap painted red "because it helps people relax". According to the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, a red dwarf star is a small and relatively cool Star, of the Main sequence, either late K

Sealed Air has even created BubbleWrapFun.com, a site dedicated to amusing uses of Bubble Wrap, including popping. The site includes one such bubble-popping game.

In 2006, "Weird Al" Yankovic, a parody song composer and singer, recorded and released White & Nerdy in which he refers to popping Bubble Wrap at home. Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic (ˈjæŋkəvɪk born October 23 1959 is a Grammy Award winning American singer Musician, actor satirist " White & Nerdy' " is the second single from "Weird Al" Yankovic 's album Straight Outta Lynwood, which was released on September

Mugen Puchipuchi

Mugen puchipuchi (∞プチプチ mugen-puchipuchi?) is a Japanese key chain toy designed to mimic the sound and feeling of popping Bubble Wrap. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.

Mugen Puchipuchis are flat and square, resembling a five-centimetre square of Bubble Wrap with eight bubbles. The toy is produced by the Japanese toymaker Bandai and was first released at the Tokyo Toy Show in June 2007. This article is about the holding company and the group of companies it owns June 2007 is the sixth month of that year It began on a Friday and 30 days later ended on a Saturday. General sales commenced in September 2007.

Pressing the surface of the toy will generally produce the sound and feel of Bubble Wrap popping. One in one hundred presses will produce a different sound including moaning, flatulence or door bells.

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Package cushioning is used to help protect fragile items during shipment Packaging is the science art and technology of enclosing or protecting products for distribution storage sale and use
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