Patent ID: 7905074

Claim:
A method for the automated manufacture of self-sealing inflatable bags, comprising the steps of: providing a first bag sheet, forming a plurality of first openings through said first bag sheet; providing a second bag sheet; providing a strip bag sheet having a first lengthwise edge and a second lengthwise edge, forming a plurality of second openings through said strip bag sheet; sealing an entire length of said first lengthwise edge to said first bag sheet, sealing an entire length of said second lengthwise edge to said first bag sheet, an air channel is formed between said strip bag sheet and said first bag sheet, said plurality of first holes communicating with said plurality of said second openings through said air channel; sealing a plurality of end partitions across a width of said first bag sheet, said second bag sheet and said strip bag sheet, wherein said air channel is sealed on each end thereof for each one of the plurality of bags; and sealing lengthwise edges of said first bag sheet to lengthwise edges of a second bag sheet to form the plurality of inflatable bags.