Merchandise encapsulating packaging system and method therefor

A packaging system comprising an outer bag having opposite ends each with an opening formed therein, an inner bag mounted within said outer bag having a pair of opposite ends each with an opening formed therein, said openings cooperating to define a pocket extending through said packaging system and adapted to retain delicate portions of an article therein while other portions of said article extend from said packaging system though said openings, said inner bag being secured to said outer bag to suspend said inner bag within said outer bag, said outer and inner bags defining a chamber therebetween, means for at least substantially filling said chamber with a filler medium to substantially surround said inner bag and said delicate portions of said article therewith, and a plurality of additional seals between at least a portion of a pair of adjacent surfaces of each of said outer bag and said inner bag at locations other than where said inner bag is suspended from said outer bag, said additional seals maintaining communication of said filler medium within said chamber.