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US 8,434,287 B2Granted
Method for metering a length of duct from a flexible container retaining the duct in a longitudinally compressed state
OwnerWilliam R. Grayinventor
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Abstract
A method of retaining a longitudinally compressed flexible duct, the method includes removing at least one retaining strap from extending longitudinally about a flexible container retaining a longitudinally compressed flexible duct having a first end and a second end within the flexible container, the retaining strap extending about a first end and a second end of the flexible container. The method further includes securing a choker about a circumference transverse to the longitudinally compressed flexible duct and the flexible container to circumferentially compress a portion of the longitudinally compressed flexible duct at a position intermediate of the first end and the second end of the longitudinally compressed flexible duct.
Claims17
A method comprising:
- (a) removing at least one retaining strap from extending longitudinally about a flexible container retaining a longitudinally compressed flexible duct having a first end and a second end within the flexible container, the retaining strap extending about a first end and a second end of the flexible container;
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- (b) securing a choker about a circumference transverse to the longitudinally compressed flexible duct and the flexible container to circumferentially compress a portion of the longitudinally compressed flexible duct at a position intermediate of the first end and the second end of the longitudinally compressed flexible duct.
A method comprising:
- (a) securing a choker about a circumference transverse to a longitudinal dimension of a flexible container retaining a longitudinally compressed flexible duct having a first end and a second end within the flexible container to circumferentially compress a portion of the longitudinally compressed flexible duct at a position intermediate of the first end and the second end of the longitudinally compressed flexible duct;
- (b) removing at least one retaining strap from extending longitudinally about a first end and a closed second end of the flexible container retaining the longitudinally compressed flexible duct;
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- (c) opening the first end of the flexible container to generate a tension in the flexible container between the closed second end of the flexible container and the choker.
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A method comprising:
- (a) securing a choker about a circumference transverse to a longitudinal dimension of a flexible container retaining a longitudinally compressed flexible duct having a first end and a second end within the flexible container to circumferentially compress a portion of the longitudinally compressed flexible duct at a position intermediate of the first end and the second end of the longitudinally compressed flexible duct;
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- (b) removing at least one retaining strap from extending longitudinally about a first end and a closed second end of the flexible container retaining the longitudinally compressed flexible duct,
- wherein the step of securing the choker occurs after the step of removing.
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A method comprising:
- (a) securing a choker about a circumference transverse to a longitudinal dimension of a flexible container retaining a longitudinally compressed flexible duct having a first end and a second end within the flexible container to circumferentially compress a portion of the longitudinally compressed flexible duct at a position intermediate of the first end and the second end of the longitudinally compressed flexible duct;
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- (b) removing at least one retaining strap from extending longitudinally about a first end and a second end of the flexible container retaining the longitudinally compressed flexible duct,
- wherein the flexible container includes markings providing a correspondence between a compressed length of the flexible duct and an uncompressed length of the flexible duct.
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A method comprising:
- securing a choker about a circumference transverse to a longitudinal dimension of a flexible container retaining a longitudinally compressed flexible duct having a first end and a second end within the flexible container to circumferentially compress a portion of the longitudinally compressed flexible duct at a position intermediate of the first end and the second end of the longitudinally compressed flexible duct;
- and
- opening a first end of the flexible container to generate a tension in the flexible container between a closed second end of the flexible container and the choker.
A method comprising:
- securing a choker about a circumference transverse to a longitudinal dimension of a flexible container retaining a longitudinally compressed flexible duct having a first end and a second end within the flexible container to circumferentially compress a portion of the longitudinally compressed flexible duct at a position intermediate of the first end and the second end of the longitudinally compressed flexible duct;
- wherein the flexible container includes markings providing a correspondence between a compressed length of the flexible duct and an uncompressed length of the flexible duct.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.