EP0306207A1
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Packaging system and method
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1988-08-24
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2008-08-24
Abstract
Abstract A packaging system includes an outer bag (21) having an inner bag (23) suspended therein to define an inflatable chamber (22) substantially surrounding the inner bag (23). When the chamber is charged with a filler medium, such as pressurized air, the outer bag (21) will inflate to suspend the inner bag (23) at a fixed position therein. The inner bag (23) defines a pocket (24) adapted to receive and retain an article A, pre-packaged therein. In one embodiment of this invention (Figures 1-10), the overlying panels (25-28) forming the bags are completely sealed together about their peripheral edges after the article is inserted into the pocket (24). In another embodiment (Figures 11-14), the frontal side of the packaging system remains open to permit insertion of the article into the pocket (24) whereafter the inflatable chamber (22) of the packaging system is pressurized to compress superimposed panels (27, 28) of the inner bag (23) against the article A to retain it within the pocket (24).
Inventors
- 👤 Daniel A. Pharo
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 23:34
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65B; B65B11/00; B65D; B65D81/00; B65D81/02; B65D81/03
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
67 words
A packaging system comprising an outer bag defining a sealed and inflatable chamber therein, an inner bag, defining a pocket adapted to retain an article therein, disposed within said chamber and secured to said outer bag to suspend said inner bag within said chamber, and means for at least substantially filling said chamber with a filler medium to substantially surround said inner bag and said article therewith.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
67 words
A packaging system comprising an outer bag defining a sealed and inflatable chamber therein, an inner bag, defining a pocket adapted to retain an article therein, disposed within said chamber and secured to said outer bag to suspend said inner bag within said chamber, and means for at least substantially filling said chamber with a filler medium to substantially surround said inner bag and said article therewith.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
49 words
The packaging system of claim 1 wherein said outer bag comprises a pair of overlying first panels having outer peripheral edges thereof sealed together to define said chamber and said inner bag comprises a pair of overlying second panels sealed to the outer peripheral edges of said first panels.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
39 words
The packaging system of claim 2 wherein each of said first panels is composed of a gas impervious material and each of said second panels is composed of an open mesh material exposing said article to said filler medium.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
The packaging sytem of claim 2 or 3 further comprising a filling stem for filling said chamber with a pressurised fluid.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
42 words
The packaging system of claim 2,3 or 4 further comprising end closure means for securing adjacent edge portions of said first and second panels together and to seal said chamber and said pocket after an article has been placed in said pocket.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
96 words
The packaging system of claim 1 wherein said packaging system has opposite frontal and rearward sides and opposite lateral sides, the outer and inner bags being formed from a pair of overlying panels which are sealed around their periphery to form a single bag which is folded transversely to form overlying first and second bag portions, and seam means securing overlying side edges of the first and second bag portions, the first and second bag portions remaining unattached to each other at the frontal side of said packaging system to form the entrance to said pocket.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
41 words
The packaging system of claim 6 further comprising inflating means that allow the passage of filler medium between first and second bag portions to at least partially fill the first and second chamber portions of said chamber with said filler medium.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
62 words
The packaging system of claim 6 or 7 wherein said first and second bag portions are each formed by a pair of overlying first and second panels and wherein said first panels oppose each other to define said inner bag and said pocket therebetween and wherein said seam means are formed at overlying side edge portions of said first and second panels.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
87 words
A method for forming a package for an article comprising the steps of securing peripheral edges of an inner bag to an outer bag to suspend said inner bag within an inflatable chamber defined on opposite sides of said inner bag, placing an article within a pocket defined within said inner bag portion, and at least substantially filling said chamber with a filler medium to substantially surround said inner bag and said article and to maintain said article at a preselected fixed position within said outer bag.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
87 words
A method for forming a package for an article comprising the steps of securing peripheral edges of an inner bag to an outer bag to suspend said inner bag within an inflatable chamber defined on opposite sides of said inner bag, placing an article within a pocket defined within said inner bag portion, and at least substantially filling said chamber with a filler medium to substantially surround said inner bag and said article and to maintain said article at a preselected fixed position within said outer bag.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
43 words
The method of claim 9 wherein said outer bag comprises a pair of first panels, said inner bag comprises a pair of overlying second panels and said securing step comprises securing overlying peripheral edge of panels of said inner and outer bags together.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
42 words
The method of claim 9 or 10 further comprising forming a filling stem on said outer bag and wherein said filling step comprises at least partially filling said chamber with a pressurized fluid through an inlet passage defined in said filling stem.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 9,10 or 11 further comprising the step of fully sealing peripheral edges of said first and second panels and said inner and outer bags together.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
48 words
The method of claim 9,10 or 11 wherein said securing step comprises securing overlying side edge portions of said first and second bags together at opposite lateral sides thereof to define said article retaining pocket therebetween and to expose said pocket on only one side of said package.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
50 words
The method of claim 9,10,11,12 or 13 wherein said securing step comprises forming said inner and outer bags from inner and outer pairs of superimposed panels, respectively, with each of said inner panels forming a chamber portion of said chamber with a respective and overlying one of said outer panels.
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