Storage bag having an integrated manual pump

Abstract

A resealable bag having an integrated manual pump is provided. The resealable bag includes: a front wall and a back wall together defining a cavity, a sealable closure configured to seal an opening to the cavity, and a manual pump positioned within an aperture in the front wall, wherein the manual pump includes a frame around a perimeter of the aperture, a pump ball positioned within the frame, and an ingress valve and an egress valve in fluid communication with an interior of the pump ball. Air is removed from the bag by depressing the pump ball, which forces air through the egress valve from the interior of the pump ball to an exterior of the bag. The pump ball refills with air between depressions due to air from the bag cavity entering the pump ball through the ingress valve disposed on a cavity-facing surface of the pump ball.

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