Patent ID: 9694629
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: B29C,B32B,B60C,E04H,Y10S,Y10T

Claim:
1. A self-repairing article comprising: an inflatable component comprising one or more material layers wherein at least one material layer comprises an elastomer; a sealed flexible package disposed within or between material layers of the inflatable component, and a repair composition disposed in the sealed flexible package, wherein the sealed flexible package comprises: a first sheet with one or more edges; a second sheet with one or more edges; the repair composition is disposed between the first and second sheets; the first and second sheets are sealed to each other at the one or more edges, where each sheet is a laminate comprising a metal foil layer between two or more polymer layers that are the same or different; and the sealed flexible package is configured to release the repair composition upon puncture of the inflatable component.