Container for storing and transporting small gas volumes

Claim 1

A container for a small volume of a gaseous fluid releasably stored therein under low pressure, comprising a flattenable body of generally rectangular outline with two coextensive walls joined together along their edges in a fluidtight manner, said walls being cut away along part of a first major edge of the rectangle in the vicinity of a minor edge thereof with formation of a constricted neck along a second major edge opposite the cutaway part of said first edge and a reduced spout adjoining said neck, said spout extending along said minor edge and terminating at said first major edge in a frangible sealed end, said spout being temporarily resealable upon fracture of the seal thereof by folding back upon itself along said minor edge, and a patch of self-sealing plastic material adhering to a limited area of one of its walls at a location separated from said spout by said neck.