Patent ID: 8083105

Claim:
A man-portable flexible fluid delivery system comprising: a fluid bladder having a first inlet and a first outlet, the fluid bladder configured to contain liquid; an inflatable component capable of being pressurized by inflation and having a second inlet, the inflatable component being formed adjacent to the fluid bladder, such that the fluid bladder and the inflatable component are integrated to form a pressurized fluid reservoir, the fluid bladder having a first exterior wall and the component having a second exterior wall with a common interior wall being shared between the fluid bladder and the inflatable component; a seam element formed in a center portion of the fluid bladder and the inflatable component of the pressurized fluid reservoir, the seam element having an island shape which bonds the center portion of the fluid bladder and the inflatable component so as to control the shape of the pressurized fluid reservoir while allowing fluid on a first side of the seam element to communicate with fluid on a second side of the seam element, the seam element bonding the first exterior wall and second exterior wall to the common interior wall; a pump associated with the second inlet of the inflatable component, the pump being configured to inflate the inflatable component of the pressurized fluid reservoir; and a valve operatively coupled to the first outlet of the fluid bladder, the valve being capable of releasing the liquid contained in the fluid bladder of the pressurized fluid reservoir.