Formed inflatable cellular cushioning article and method of making same
AssigneeSealed Air Corporation (US)
InventorCharles Kannankeril
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Abstract
An inflatable article has a first film bonded to a second film so as to provide between the first film and the second film a plurality of inflatable chambers, each of the inflatable chambers containing a plurality of cells. Each of the cells is connected to at least one adjacent cell by an inflatable connecting channel. The first film is bonded to the second film between adjacent inflatable chambers. The first film and the second film each have at least one formed region corresponding with a location of a cell, with the at least one formed region of the second film being nested into the at least one formed region of the first film. Also disclosed are processes of making the inflatable article.
Claims21
An inflatable article comprising a first film bonded to a second film so as to provide between the first film and the second film a plurality of inflatable chambers comprising a plurality of cells, with each of the cells in the chambers being connected to at least one adjacent cell by an inflatable connecting channel, the first film being bonded to the second film between adjacent inflatable chambers, the first film and the second film each having a plurality of formed regions, the formed regions corresponding with locations of the cells and locations of the connecting channels, with each of the formed regions of the second film being nested into each of the formed regions of the first film.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.