Patent ID: 6986423
Filing Date: 2006-01-17
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. An air bladder for packing an item having sides in an outer box having walls wherein a space exists between at least one of the sides and at least one of the walls, comprising: an inflatable center body for placement proximate to a first side of the item; a plurality of inflatable fingers attached to the center body and each having a length and a width, at least a portion of the length being designed for placement along one of the sides of the item in the space between the one side and one of the walls of the outer box, and the width of the fingers being less than a width of the center body, and each finger being continuous so as not to include an aperture therein; and a valve through which compressed gas may be inserted into the air bladder; wherein, once sufficient gas is inserted, a portion of at least one of the fingers span the space between the one side of the item and the one wall of the box and, once inflated, the fingers do not span the space between another one of the walls of the box and the another one of the sides of the item, the another one side of the item being opposite to the first side.