Flexible shipping package and method of making

A shipping package for shipping one or more articles, comprising:

• a. a flexible inner sheet having a first surface and a second surface, an inner sheet first portion and an inner sheet second portion, wherein the first portion of the inner sheet and the second portion of the inner sheet are separate pieces of material joined to each other or are made from a single piece or material;
• b. a flexible outer sheet having an outer sheet first portion, and an outer sheet second portion, at least a portion of the outer sheet first portion being joined to a first surface of the inner sheet first portion to form one or more first primary expansion chambers therebetween, and at least a part of the outer sheet second portion being joined to a first surface of the inner sheet second portion to form one or more second primary expansion chambers therebetween;
• at least a portion of a second surface of the inner sheet first portion disposed in face-to-face relationship with and joined to a portion of a second surface of the second portion of the inner sheet forming an article reservoir therebetween;
• c. a secondary outer sheet joined to at least a portion of the outer sheet forming one or more secondary expansion chambers;
• d. an expansion port in fluid connection with the one or more first primary expansion chambers and/or secondary expansion chambers through which an expansion material can be introduced into the one or more expansion chambers;
• e. a closeable opening into which the one or more articles may be inserted;
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• f. an article retrieval feature comprising at least one of tear strips, lines of weakness, perforations, zippers, adhesive flaps, articulatable openings or other mechanisms and devices that can be used to open the package or deflate one or more of the expansion chambers and retrieve the one or more articles from the article reservoir wherein the expansion port or the closeable opening includes an extension of material that extends beyond the rest of the package.