Method for forming 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 connected 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.
Claims6
A method for forming a packaging system comprising the steps of
- forming a package to define a first bag portion superimposed over a second bag portion thereof with each of said first and second bag portions defining an inflatable chamber therein, including forming at least one seam transversely across said first and second bag portions to define at least one passage between said first and second bag portions inter-communicating the inflatable chambers thereof,
- securing overlying side edge portions of said bag portions together at opposite lateral sides thereof to define an article-retaining pocket therebetween and to expose said pocket on only one side of said package.
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