When and where was the term "bubble wrap" first used in print?

Well, I couldn't find info as to when it was first used "in print", however, Bubble Wrap is a registered trademark and was invented in 1960 by Sealed Air Corporation.

The URL listed below will give you some information about Bubble Wrap turning 40 (in 2000).

Hope this helps...

http://www.cryovac.com/library/annual00/ar/bubble-wrap.html

This one will give you some info as well...apparently Bubble Wrap was created as a wallpaper - but that didn't work!!

http://www.packexpo.com/ve/pr/33953/971.html

1971 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 26 Oct. TM201/1 Bubble Wrap... For cellular cushioning packaging material which contains entrapped bubbles of air or other gases... First use October 1968. 1983 People (U.S.) 20 Feb. 73 What pleased Sean most at his last birthday party wasn't the 10-foot-high TV screen his mom bought him, but the sheets of snappy bubble wrap the gift was packed in. 1989 B. A. MASON Love Life 61 Mom stuffing bubble wrap in her bra for her hostess job. 1993 A. DACYCZYN Tightwad Gaz. iii. 98/2 When you pack your gifts inside the box use crumpled newspaper or bubble wrap. 2001 New Yorker 16 Apr. 78/2 Vermeer fans..might regard the show as nothing but a few jewels packed in tedious scholarly bubble wrap.



- Online OED
[The Oxford English Dictionary traces the appearance of words in print.]




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