Patent ID: 7168567
Filing Date: 2007-01-30
Classification: B32B,B65D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. In a multi-chambered inflatable packaging system having overlying first and second film layers connected together around a perimeter of the first and second layers by a perimeter seal except for a gap sufficient in size to allow an inflation medium to be introduced into an interior defined between the first and second film layers, an inflation channel formed by a first seal of the first and second film layers adjacent a portion of the perimeter, wherein the inflation channel is in fluid communication with the gap, a plurality of separate inflatable cells in fluid communication with the inflation channel, the plurality of inflatable cells formed by plurality of spaced second seals extending from and transverse to the first seal, the improvement comprising: a slit through the first and second film layers for maintaining airflow through the inflation channel as the plurality of inflatable cells are inflated.