Patent ID: 8251624

Claim:
A dunnage bag comprising: A) thermoplastic sheet material joined together in two layers to form an air cushion and an inflation panel, including being joined to form an inflation panel edge seam separating the air cushion and the inflation panel; B) an inflation opening from the inflation panel to the air cushion, the inflation opening defined by and between the two layers of the thermoplastic sheet material forming the air cushion and the inflation panel, the inflation opening located adjacent a terminus of the inflation panel edge seam; C) the two layers of the thermoplastic sheet material extending from the inflation panel edge seam and inflation opening, and further joined together by an inflation panel seam pattern to form the inflation panel; D) the inflation panel seam pattern defining an inflation area between the two layers of thermoplastic sheet material in the inflation panel, the inflation area leading from an inlet through the inflation panel to the inflation opening to the air cushion; and E) an inflation valve sealed to the inflation panel at the inflation area inlet for supplying inflation air through the inflation area and into the air cushion, the inflation valve adapted for sealing the inflation area inlet after inflation.