{"id":16063,"date":"2017-01-30T06:49:41","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T14:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/?p=16063"},"modified":"2017-01-31T09:50:24","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T17:50:24","slug":"bubble-wrap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/2017\/01\/30\/bubble-wrap\/","title":{"rendered":"Today is Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0I think we can all agree that Bubble Wrap\u00a0is both\u00a0lots of fun to pop\u00a0and a great packing material. But did you know that it was originally supposed to be <em>wallpaper<\/em>?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Yep, I swear it&#8217;s true.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In 1957, Bubble Wrap was accidentally invented in a New Jersey garage\u00a0when engineers Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes sealed\u00a0two shower curtains together. They were trying\u00a0to create a textured wallpaper\u00a0when air bubbles formed\u00a0between the two pieces of plastic. It didn&#8217;t\u00a0pan out\u00a0as wallpaper, but they found it useful as a lightweight insulation for greenhouses.\u00a0As we now know, their creation was destined for something bigger.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-16079\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/bubble-wrap-appreciation-dayjpg-2184b442d6b9e7ce.jpg\" alt=\"bubble-wrap-appreciation-dayjpg-2184b442d6b9e7ce\" width=\"640\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/bubble-wrap-appreciation-dayjpg-2184b442d6b9e7ce.jpg 800w, https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/bubble-wrap-appreciation-dayjpg-2184b442d6b9e7ce-640x412.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\n<p><em>Bubble Wrap co-inventor Alfred Fielding, image <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nj.com\/entertainment\/index.ssf\/2016\/01\/bubble_wrap_appreciation_day_2016.html\">via<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>In 1960, the inventors formed the Sealed Air company.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A few\u00a0years later, an alternate use for their failed 3D wall covering\u00a0was found by a marketer at Sealed Air, Frederick W. Bowers.<\/strong> <strong>When IBM announced their new 1401 computers, he\u00a0thought this &#8220;wallpaper&#8221; would be a great way to protect these business machines in transit. So, he pitched the company on the\u00a0protective qualities of the cushioned sheets and\u00a0the rest is history!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In\u00a0July\u00a01964, Chavannes had\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dpeterhochberg.com\/images\/BubbleWrap.pdf\">patented<\/a>\u00a0the air-filled plastic sheets as a &#8220;laminated cushioning material.&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dpeterhochberg.com\/images\/BubbleWrap.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"579\" height=\"856\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16068\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bubble-Wrap-patent.jpg\" alt=\"Bubble-Wrap-patent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bubble-Wrap-patent.jpg 579w, https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bubble-Wrap-patent-433x640.jpg 433w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><\/a>\n<p><strong>Since 1964, of course, we have invented\u00a0other uses for Bubble Wrap.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For instance, we WEAR it:<\/strong><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2k489We\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"563\" height=\"879\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16064\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bubble-Wrap-costume.jpg\" alt=\"Bubble Wrap costume\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bubble-Wrap-costume.jpg 563w, https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bubble-Wrap-costume-410x640.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/a>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>This Bubble wrap suit is\u00a0<a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2k489We\">available for $21<\/a>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>We pop it with our bike wheels:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"giphy-embed\" src=\"\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/wbJ5lXaCHUna8\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>We use it as a <a href=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/2016\/09\/11\/humongous-poppable-bubble-wrap-calendar\/\">giant poppaple calendar<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2cdjwE8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"513\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14581\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bubble-Wrap-Wall-Calendar-2017-social.jpg\" alt=\"bubble-wrap-wall-calendar-2017-social\" \/><\/a>\n<p><strong>We take out our anxiety with it:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"giphy-embed\" src=\"\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/utJ2fhvvybcru\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>There&#8217;s even <a href=\"http:\/\/www.virtual-bubblewrap.com\/bubble-wrap.swf\">VIRTUAL Bubble Wrap<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.virtual-bubblewrap.com\/bubble-wrap.swf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"546\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16082\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Virtual-bubble-wrap.jpg\" alt=\"Virtual-bubble-wrap\" \/><\/a>\n<p><strong>Today, Bubble Wrap is a $400 million a year industry! What a happy accident!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2ktXuor\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"468\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16084\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BUBBLE-WRAP-CHART-640x468.jpg\" alt=\"BUBBLE-WRAP-CHART-640x468\" \/><\/a>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2ktXuor\">Get some today<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Happy 57th birthday, Bubble Wrap! We appreciate you!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0I think we can all agree that Bubble Wrap\u00a0is both\u00a0lots of fun to pop\u00a0and a great packing material. But did you know that it was originally supposed to be wallpaper?\u00a0 Yep, I swear it&#8217;s true.\u00a0 In 1957, Bubble Wrap was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,2,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16063"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16063"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16085,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16063\/revisions\/16085"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}