Bundling machine

Claim 1

A METHOD OF BUNDLING A PLURALITY OF ARRAYS ALIGNED TO FORM A BUNDLE COMPRISING THE STEPS OF PLACING THE ARRAY UNDER COMPOSITION, ONTO A SHEET OF SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR WRAPPING MATERIAL AND POSITIONING IT THEREON TO LEAVE ON EACH SIDE OF SAID ARRAY, AND ON ONE LONGITUDINAL SIDE OF THE ARRAY A FIRST LONGITUDINAL PANEL OF WRAPPING MATERIAL AT LEAST AS LARGE IN WIDTH AS THE HEIGHT OF THE ARRAY AND ON THE OTHER LONGITUDINAL SIDE OF THE ARRAY A SECOND LONGITUDINAL PANEL OF WRAPPING MATERIAL SMALLER IN WIDTH THAN THE COMBINED HEIGHT AND WIDTH OF THE ARRAY, AND JUXTAPOSING, WHILE SAID ARRAY IS RETAINED UNDER COMPRESSION, SAID PANELS AND SAID FIRST AND SECOND LONGITUDINAL PANELS TO THE RESPECTIVE SIDE OF THE ARRAY WHEREBY SAID FIRST AND SECOND LONGITUDINAL PANELS EXTEND ABOVE THE UPPER TOP EDGES OF THE ARRAY TO FORM LONGITUDINAL FIRST AND SECOND FLAPS, AND THE SIDE AND LONGITUDINAL PANELS TOGETHER FROM PAIRS OF FRONT AND REAR CORNER WEBS EXTENDING FROM THE CORNERS OF THE ARRAY; THE REAR AND FRONT PAIRS OF CORNER WEBS TO THE TRANSVERSE SIDES OF SAID ARRAY; SAID FIRST LONGITUDINAL FLAP TO THE TOP OF SAID ARRAY WHEREBY SAID FLAP EXTENDS BEYOND THE LATERAL EDGES OF THE ARRAY TO FORM A PAIR OF FIRST LONGITUDINAL TRANSVERSE FLAPS; SAID LONGITUDINAL FLAP TO THE TOP OF SAID BUNDLE WHEREBY SAID SECOND LONGITUDINAL FLAP EXTENDS BEYOND THE LATERAL EDGES OF THE ARRAY TO FORM A PAIR OF SECOND TRANSVERSE FLAPS AND SAID PAIRS OF FIRST AND SECOND LONGITUDINAL FLAPS TO THE TRANSVERSE SIDES OF SAID BUNDLE.