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US 2006/0138013 A1Published application
Vacuum activated shipping container
AssigneeWorldwise, Inc.
InventorAaron Lamstein
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InventorAaron Lamstein
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A shipping container and method of use. The shipping container is intended to contain bulky, compressible objects under vacuum in order to reduce the bulk size of these contents during shipping. The shipping container is configured as a plastic body sized to receive and envelop the bulky, compressible contents and includes a top, a bottom, each of which is characterized as having a periphery, and side walls, the latter of which are compressible. A stem is provided passing through the plastic body for passage of air and for selective sealing after the air has passed therethrough. The top, bottom and side walls are preferably transparent and are of the sufficient thickness and durability to enable the shipping container to be shipped between remote locations without any protective packaging being applied thereto while substantially resisting damage to the shipping container and its contents.
A shipping container for shipping bulky, compressible contents under vacuum and at reduced volume, said shipping container comprising a plastic body sized to receive and envelop said contents, said plastic body comprising a top, a bottom, each of which having a periphery and side walls, the latter of which are compressible and a stem passing through said plastic body for the passage of air and for selective sealing after said air has passed therethrough, said top, bottom and side walls being of sufficient thickness and durability as to enable said shipping container to be shipped between remote locations without any protective packaging being applied thereto while substantially resisting damage to said shipping container and its contents.
A method of preparing for shipment of a bulky, compressible object comprising inserting said bulky, compressible object within a shipping container, the shipping container comprising a plastic body sized to receive and envelop said bulky, compressible object, said shipping container comprising a plastic body having a top, a bottom, each of which having a periphery, and side walls, the latter of which are compressible and a stem passing through said plastic body for the passage of air and for selective sealing after said air has passed therethrough, said top, bottom and side walls being of sufficient thickness and durability as to enable said shipping container to be shipped between remote locations without any protective packaging being applied thereto while substantially resisting damage to said shipping container and said bulky, compressible object, said method further comprising drawing air through said stem to create a vacuum within said plastic body of sufficient magnitude to compress said side walls along folds configured therein whereupon said stem sealed to substantially cause said vacuum to be retained within said plastic body until said plastic body is opened.
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