Inflatable dunnage with tie-downs
AssigneeGuardpack, Incorporated
InventorJohn W. Ramsey, Jr.
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Abstract
A dunnage bag is provided with integral tie-down loops used with strapping to secure the bag to freight pallets or to a vehicle to prevent shifting of the bag with respect to the load to be protected by the bag. Each tie-down has an anchor portion received within the bag adjacent inflatable bladder therein and a loop portion extending exteriorly of the bag from the anchor portion for engagement with a rope or strap connected to a fixed point.
Claims17
An inflatable dunnage bag comprising:
- multiple plies of puncture-resistant sheet material folded into a rectangular form with four corners and four edges, and inner and outer surfaces;
- a pneumatically inflatable bladder contained within said bag adjoining said inner surface thereof;
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- a tie-down device made of flexible plastic affixed to said plies of said bag and provided as an integral part of the bag, said tie down device comprising,
- a first, enlarged anchor portion received within said bag, and
- a second, enlarged loop portion attached to said anchor portion within said bag, bearing a loop at a distal end thereof outside said bag, and having a reduced portion extending through the plies of the bag,
- whereby said dunnage bag may be tied down in place by a rope through said loop to prevent shifting of the bag with respect to freight and a vehicle in which the bag is employed.
In an inflatable dunnage bag formed of multiple overlying plies of paper folded into a rectangular configuration having edges, two sides, corners, and an inner and an outer surface and having an inflatable plastic bladder contained in said plies, a tie-down device provided as an integral part of said bag comprising:
- an anchor portion received within said bag beneath an aperture formed through said plies;
- a connector portion attached to said anchor portion and extending through said aperture;
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- a loop portion attached to said connector portion outside said bag, said loop portion being adapted to receive a strap or a rope.
For use in a dunnage bag, tie-down means comprising:
- a first anchor portion located interiorly of the bag and integrating the tie-down means in firm assembly with the bag,
- a second eye portion exteriorly of the bag and forming an eye through which may be connected and attached a line or securement for holding the bag against ride up and work out and
- a reduced-diameter portion operatively connecting the first and second portions and extending through a wall of said bag.
In combination,
- a dunnage bag having multiple outer plies of paper and an inner ply of plastic forming an inflatable bladder, and
- a plurality of tie-down means each comprising,
- a first anchor portion interiorly of said bag secured within the outer plies of paper,
- a joining portion having first and second ends and connected at one end to said first portion inside said bag and at a second end to a second, eye portion, and
- said second eye portion located exteriorly of said bag and forming a loop for attachment to strapping means for holding the bag in place.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.