Patent ID: 8684601

Claim:
A storage apparatus comprising: a storage chamber formed by opposed laminae pressed into sealing engagement; a chamber access region proximate the perimeter of the apparatus; a breachable flow conduit within the access region having an inner end proximate the storage chamber and an outer end proximate the perimeter of the apparatus, the breachable flow conduit defining a breachable bubble therein; an outer pressed seal within the access region between the outer end of the flow conduit and the perimeter of the apparatus, formed by the opposed laminae being fused together; an inner pressed seal within the access region between the inner end of the flow conduit and the edge of the storage chamber, formed by the opposed laminae being fused together, the inner pressed seal having a first wall proximate the inner end of the flow conduit and a second wall proximate the edge of the storage chamber, wherein the first wall, the second wall, or both are substantially linear; the breachable bubble including a fluid sealed between the outer pressed seal and the inner pressed seal, the fluid comprising only a gas; the flow conduit and bubble are expandable towards the perimeter of the apparatus by applied pressure, which separates the opposed laminae of the outer pressed seal until the flow conduit and bubble breach at the perimeter of the apparatus creating a perimeter breach from the flow conduit out to the ambient through the outer pressed seal; the flow conduit and bubble are expandable towards the storage chamber by applied pressure, which separates the opposed laminae until the flow conduit and bubble breach at the edge of the storage chamber creating a chamber breach from the flow conduit into the storage chamber through the inner seal; and the flow conduit breached at both ends establishes fluid communication between the storage chamber and the ambient.