Clam-like packaging system
OwnerDaniel A. Pharoinventor
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Abstract
A packaging system comprises a first bag portion defining an inflated first chamber and a second bag portion defining an inflated second chamber with the bag portions overlying each other to define a pocket therebetween having an article compressed and retained therein. The bag portions are pivotally conected together at a rearward side of the system and overlying edge portions of the bag portions are heat-sealed together at opposite lateral sides of the packaging system. The frontal side of the packaging system is open to permit insertion of the article into the pocket whereafter the packaging system is preferably inflated with a pressurized fluid, such as air, to compress superimposed panels of the bag portions against the article to retain it within the pocket.
Claims10
A packaging system having opposite frontal and rearward sides and opposite lateral sides, said packaging system comprising
- a first bag portion defining a first chamber means therein for being at least partially filled with a filler medium,
- a second bag portion defining a second chamber means therein for being at least partially filled with said filler medium, said first bag portion overlying said second bag portion to define a pocket therebetween adapted to have an article retained therein and the frontal side of each of said first and second bag portions being closed,
- connection means for connecting said first and second bag portions together at the rearward side of said packaging system, said connection means comprising at least one seam formed transversely across said first and second bag portions to secure them together and wherein said seam is formed at the rearward side of said packaging system to define at least one passage between said first and second bag portions inter-communicating said first and second chamber means, and
- seam means securing overlying side edge portions of said first and second bag portions together at each of the lateral sides of said packaging system, said first and second bag portions remaining unattached to each other at the frontal side of said packaging system, between the closed frontal sides of said first and second bag portions, to expose said pocket thereat, said first and second bag portions each being formed by a pair of overlying first and second panels and wherein said first panels oppose each other to define said pocket therebetween and said seam means are formed at overlying side edge portions of said first and second panels.
An inflatable package adapted to be formed into a packaging system for retaining an article therein comprising
- a pair of overlying inner panels defining a pocket therebetween adapted to have an article retained therein,
- a pair of outer panels each overlying a respective one of said inner panels to form a pair of first and second panels each defining an inflatable chamber therebetween,
- means securing overlying edge portions of said inner and outer panels together, except at one side of said package whereat only overlying edge portions of each pair of said first and second panels are secured together and the inner panels thereof remain unattached to expose said pocket threat,
- connection means for connecting said inner and outer panels together at a side of said package opposite to the side of said package whereat said pocket is exposed, said connection means comprising at least one seam formed transversely across said package to define at least one passage between said inner and outer panels communicating the inflatable chambers defined by said two pairs of first and second panels, and
- inflating means for at least partially and simultaneously inflating each said chamber with a filler medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.