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Dunnage air bag

  • US 6,186,714 B1
  • Filed: 12/19/1997
  • Issued: 02/13/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/19/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
First Claim
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1. An inflatable dunnage bag, comprising:

  • an air-tight inflatable bladder;

    first and second sets of paper plies, wherein each one of said first and second sets of paper plies comprises a plurality of paper plies, and wherein further, said first and second sets of paper plies are disposed upon opposite sides of said air-tight inflatable bladder;

    at least one flap member formed at one end of a first one of said first and second sets of paper plies and projecting beyond one end of a second one of said first and second sets of paper plies so as to be capable of being folded over said air-tight inflatable bladder and thereby extend from a first side of said air-tight inflatable bladder to a second side of said air-tight inflatable bladder and be secured to at least one of said paper plies comprising said second one of said first and second sets of paper plies;

    means for securing said at least one flap member of said first one of said first and second sets of paper plies to a region of said at least one of said paper plies comprising said second one of said first and second sets of paper plies which is disposed upon said second side of said air-tight inflatable bladder so as to close and seal said dunnage bag; and

    means fixedly mounted and sealed upon said first side of said air-tight inflatable bladder for inflating said air-tight inflatable bladder such that said inflating means is disposed upon the side of said air-tight inflatable bladder which is opposite the side of said air-tight inflatable bladder upon which said at least one flap member is secured to said region of said at least one of said paper plies comprising said second one of said first and second sets of paper plies whereby said inflating means is disposed remote from said region at which said at least one flap member is secured.

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