Patent ID: 8371446
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. An inflation valve for introducing inflation air into an inflatable packaging cushion and maintaining the inflatable packaging cushion in an inflated condition the inflation valve comprising: (a) first and second juxtaposed plys of thermoplastic material; (b) first and second spaced apart heat sealed side seams securing the first and second plys together in the form a flattened tube having an interior sealing end of the inflation valve for positioning in an inflatable packaging cushion and an inflation probe insertion end of the inflation valve for positioning exteriorly of an inflatable packaging cushion; (c) an adhesive strip applied to the second ply adjacent the inflation probe insertion end of the flattened tube and extending between the first and second heat sealed side seams, the first ply positioned at least partially over the adhesive strip; and (d) release paper removably adhered to the adhesive strip;