Patent ID: 11926462
Assignee: PREGIS INNOVATIVE PACKAGING LLC
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An inflatable web, comprising:
a first film web having a plurality of extended portions, each of the plurality of extended portions including a base perimeter enclosing an open base region and an extended surface protruding in one direction from a plane defined by the first film web in a generally flat state, the extended surface having a larger surface area than the open base region; and
a second film web sealed to the first film web around at least a portion of the open base region of each of the plurality of extended portions, forming sub-chambers on a side of the first film web opposite the protruding direction, wherein each of the first film web and the second film web remain unsealed across the open base region defining regions within the sub-chambers suitable to contain a fluid volume therein,
wherein the plurality of sub-chambers is interconnected via one or more intra-chamber channels, allowing each of the sub-chambers to receive and release fluid in response to external pressures.