Inflatable body with a valve and a packaging with such a body

Claim 1

The combination of a gas-inflatable body which has an orifice and an inner surface and an outer surface, and a valve for opening and closing the orifice, said valve comprising: an outer plate which has a central gas passage therein and a rim, the outer plate extending across the orifice in said body and being in sealing contact with the outer surface of said body, an inner plate which defines a central hole and is in sealing contact with the inner surface of said body around said orifice, a central valve body portion within said central hole and connected to said inner plate by a plurality of wings which define a plurality of gas inlets, and a sealing ring positioned between the central valve body portion and the central gas passage of the outer plate for sealing closed the central gas passage in the outer plate when the inner plate is moved towards the outer plate, while movement of the central valve body portion away from the outer plate enabling a flow of gas to pass through the central gas passage and the gas inlets.