Patent ID: 6253919
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: B60P,B65B,B65D

Abstract:
A dunnage bag comprising:a sealed, flexible bag; anda valve assembly connected in fluid communication to the flexible bag, the valve assembly having a rigid collar which mounts in an opening in a wall of a container to receive an exit end of a fill nozzle of an inflating system which supplies pressurized gas for inflating the flexible bag, said collar defining a bore along a longitudinal axis of the collar and through which gas passes into the bag, said collar further including a flange portion located at an entrance end of the collar and a shoulder-defining portion spaced apart from the flange portion, said flange portion and said shoulder-defining portion both extending away from and circumscribing the collar in a radial direction relative to the longitudinal axis of the collar, the flange portion having a first outer diameter, the shoulder-defining portion having a second outer diameter, and the collar within a region located between the flange portion and the shoulder-defining portion having a third outer diameter, wherein the first outer diameter is smaller than the second outer diameter and larger than the third outer diameter.