[4][5] Both the Bubble Wrap brand and product were introduced in 1960, with the launch of Sealed Air.

[6] Bubble wrap was invented in 1957 by engineers Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes in Hawthorne, New Jersey.

Fielding and Chavannes sealed two shower curtains together, creating a smattering of air bubbles, which they originally tried to sell as wallpaper.

[6] When the product turned out to be unsuccessful as wallpaper, the team sold it as greenhouse insulation.

[6] Although Bubble Wrap was branded by Sealed Air Corporation (founded by Fielding and Chavannes) in 1960, it was not until a year later (1961) that its usefulness in protective usage was discovered.