Inflatable dunnage
AssigneeMeissner Filtration Products, Inc.
InventorCHRISTOPHER J. STARNES
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Abstract
An inflatable dunnage for use in transporting biocontainers, a method for packaging a biocontainer with such dunnage and a package including such dunnage and a biocontainer. The inflatable dunnage includes an inflatable body defining opening for receiving at least one of a tubing and a fitting of a biocontainer, a port for the inlet of air, and a valve coupled to the port for controlling the inlet and outlet of air.
Claims23
A shipping package for biocontainer containing a fluid comprising:
- a rigid outer container;
- a flexible biocontainer within the outer container, said biocontainer comprising at least one of a tubing and a fitting;
- an inflated dunnage over the biocontainer, said dunnage forming at least an opening penetrated by said at least one of a tubing and fitting;
- and
- a lid over the dunnage, wherein the inflated dunnage is sandwiched between the biocontainer and the lid, and wherein the dunnage exerts pressure on said biocontainer and on said lid as well as on at least a wall of the rigid outer container.
A method for packing a biocontainer for shipping, said biocontainer having been placed within a rigid outer container, said biocontainer containing a fluid and comprising at least one of a tubing and a fitting, the method comprising:
- placing an inflatable dunnage over said biocontainer containing fluid, said dunnage comprising an opening, wherein at least one of said at least one of a tubing and a fitting penetrates said opening;
- placing a lid over said dunnage;
- and
- inflating said dunnage.
An inflatable dunnage for use in transporting biocontainers comprising:
- an inflatable body defining opening for receiving at least one of a tubing and a fitting of a biocontainer;
- a port for the inlet of air;
- and
- a valve coupled to said port for controlling the inlet and outlet of air.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.