Sperry Product Innovation - Product Design Services, Intellectual Property, Engineering, Patents, Industrial Design, and Design for Manufacturing

Instapack^Ž Quick^TM

Award winning design
Sperry Product Innovation's creation of the Instapak Quick protective packaging concept and design earned the Gold Connecticut Innovation Prize for our client, Sealed Air Corporation. Sealed Air, the creator of Bubble Wrap and a giant in the packaging industry called it a "major breakthrough in foam-in-place packaging."

Creating new markets for our clients
Instapak Quick has created new market dollars in the hundreds of millions with the added benefit of twenty-year patent protection for the technological innovations within the product. This product exceeded Sealed Air's 1999 forecast for sales and 2000 sales were 160% over 1999 results at mid-year estimates. The product is scheduled for release in Europe and Australia. Instapak Quick has also impacted sales of Sealed Air's larger foam-in-bag product line as their customer's needs change and they upgrade to other foam-in-bag systems. In addition, this product opened new e-commerce opportunities with the creation of www.instapakquick.com.

Innovation - a solution that's all in the bag
The product addresses the needs of smaller companies that ship high value product. It provides all of the benefits of foam package protection, but with minimal investment and low-maintenance by eliminating the high-priced, large and complicated machinery of existing foam packaging systems.

Seven patents in one product
The intellectual property behind Instapak Quick includes a bag that has two chambers where chemicals are kept separate by a breakable seal, and in the warmer where these bags are stored. Once the warming tray is turned on, the bags are ready for use within a half hour. The user chooses one of five different sized bags, unfolds it and puts pressure on the bag at the indicated spot to break a seal that allows the two chemicals to be mixed with minimal effort by the user. The bag is then placed in the box with the product where the bag expands up to 200x to conform to the shape of the product while filling the void in the box. This provides maximum protection when shipping valuable items.

Our business philosophy
With Instapak Quick, we focused on market-driven, patent protected product design. We provided patent protection that has generated millions of dollars for our client, and product protection for their clients at a savings. SPI has helped Sealed Air Corporation remain the leading innovator in the packaging industry.

We continue to penetrate the protective packaging industry, creating innovative solutions and added value for our customer. You can look forward to seeing exciting new products from Sealed Air that were developed in partnership with Sperry Product Innovation.

We integrated various technologies in this product
Our innovations on Instapak Quick earned us seven patents and the platform technology has created millions of dollars in new market share for our client. Patents: 5,699,902; 5,873,221; 5,899,325; 5,913,603; 5,996,782; 5,986,239; 6,065,636.

Visit www.instapakquick.com for more information on the Instapak Quick system.

Instapak Quick is a registered trademark of Sealed Air Corporation.