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US 11,299,335 B1Granted
Flexible packaging rib stiffeners
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsVasitha Nihal Obeyesekere, Alexandra Kay Hartford, Justine Mahler, Kimberly Sue Houchens, Brent Linderberg, Jenna Walsh
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Abstract
A padded mailer includes ribs that provide stiffness, especially in the transverse direction. The increased stiffness helps prevent the mailer from flipping over during conveying, which would put a label on the underside of the mailer.
Claims15
A flexible packaging comprising:
- opposing first and second sidewalls that are joined at lateral edges thereof, that have a closed bottom edge and open top edges opposite the bottom edge to define an interior configured to receive an item,
- wherein each of the first and second sidewalls includes a flexible cover-layer and an inner, padded layer, wherein the padded layer is made of a plastic, and wherein the inner, padded layer includes a plurality of individual cells,
- wherein at least one of the first sidewall or the second side sidewall includes a structural component extending in a direction transverse to the lateral edges and between the bottom edge and the top edges of the first and second sidewalls,
- wherein the structural component includes a fold or bend integrally formed with the flexible cover layer and the padded layer and extending into the interior of the flexible packaging, and
- wherein the structural component increases the lateral stiffness of the flexible packaging.
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A mailer having opposing lateral edges, a top edge, and a bottom edge to define an interior configured to receive an item, the mailer comprising:
- a flexible cover-layer;
- an inner, padded layer, wherein the padded layer is made of a plastic, and wherein the inner, padded layer includes a plurality of individual cells;
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- a structural component extending in a direction transverse to the lateral edges between the bottom edge and the top edge, wherein the structural component includes a fold or bend deformed with the flexible cover layer and the padded layer and extending into the interior of the mailer, and wherein the structural component increases the lateral stiffness of the mailer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.