Patent ID: 8906478

Claim:
A film for inflatable cushions, comprising: a first web layer connected to a second web layer defining a longitudinal inflation region therebetween, the inflation region having an opening configured to receive an inflation nozzle therein; a plurality of transverse seals connecting the first and second web layers defining a plurality of transverse air chambers, the transverse seals having transverse ends at the longitudinal inflation region and defining mouths of air chamber between pairs of the transverse ends at the longitudinal inflation region; and mouth seal segments connecting the first and second web layers and disposed at the mouths of the air chambers between the pairs of the transverse ends, the mouth seal segments defining a plurality of entrance ports that extend across the mouths into each air chamber independently of each other so that each of the air chambers has a plurality of independent fluid connections to the longitudinal inflation region via a plurality of the entrance ports.