Inflatable flat bag packaging cushion and methods of operating and making the same
AssigneeNovus Packaging Corporation
InventorNicholas P. De Luca
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Abstract
An inflatable protective packaging for articles comprising a pair of adjacent flat bag chambers with an intermediate inflation channel therebetween communicating at an inner end with the chambers and having an outer inflation opening preferably independently sealable for each bag chamber at the outer end of the channel. The item may be formed as successive flat, servable units on a roll, or integrated with envelopes or boxes.
Claims21
An inflatable protective package for enveloping and cushioning articles for shipping or storage having, in combination, an initially substantially flat thin bag having upper and lower planar flexible surfaces peripherally sealed to form a pair of adjacent flat bag chambers intermediately joined by a common flat inflation channel therebetween extending between outer and inner ends and communicating at the inner end with the interior of each chamber, with the flat chambers being foldable along the inflation channel as a vertex fold to provide an angular space between the chambers for receiving therein the article-to-be-protected and with no portion of either chamber extending over the fold in order to provide pressure isolation between the chambers.
Inflatable protective packages for enveloping articles for shipping or storage having, in combination, a roll of successive pairs of adjacent flat bag chambers, each with an intermediate inflation channel therebetween pressure-isolating the chambers and communicating at an inner end with the chambers and having an outer end inflation opening;
- and means between successive pairs of bag chambers for enabling severing the same from the rest of the roll.
An inflatable protective package comprising a pair of adjacently positioned similar inflatable packages for enveloping and cushioning different adjacent portions of an article for shipping or storage, each adjacent package having, in combination, an initially substantially flat thin bag having upper and lower planar flexible surfaces peripherally sealed to form a pair of adjacent flat bag chambers intermediately joined by a common flat inflation channel therebetween extending between outer and inner ends and communicating at the inner end with the interior of each chamber, with the flat chambers being foldable along the inflation channel as a vertex fold to provide an angular space between the chambers for receiving therein its portion of the article-to-be-protected, with no portion of either chamber extending over the fold in order to provide pressure isolation between the chambers.
An inflatable protective package comprising a pair of adjacent stacked similar inflatable protective packages for enveloping and cushioning articles for shipping or storage, each adjacent package having, in combination, an initially substantially flat thin bag having upper and lower planar flexible surfaces peripherally sealed to form a pair of adjacent flat bag chambers intermediately jointed by a common flat inflation channel therebetween extending between outer and inner ends and communicating at the inner end with the interior of each chamber, with the flat chambers being foldable along the inflation channel as a vertex fold to provide an angular space between the chambers for receiving therein the article-to-be-protected, with no portion of either chamber extending over the fold in order to provide pressure isolation between the chambers.
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