Bubble wrap is a pliable transparent plastic material commonly used for packing fragile items. 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. 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 trademark of the Sealed Air Corporation which was founded in 1960 by those inventors, and should theoretically only be used for products of that company; the generic term for material of this type is air cellular cushioning material, although bubble wrap is rapidly becoming a genericized trademark.
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Other uses
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. This practice has even spawned a website in which one can move the mouse cursor over "virtual bubble wrap" and hear it pop.
References
- "Bubble Wrap is a Trademark of Sealed Air". Sealed Air Corporation. Retrieved April 3.
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Further reading
- "How To Package Your Product For Shipping". PackagingPrice.com. Retrieved 2006-04-30. — A guide detailing how best to package items that need to be shipped. Includes technical information about using bubble wrap and bubble mailers.