Patent ID: 8425994

Claim:
An inflated dunnage unit array, comprising: at least one row of interconnected inflated pouches, the pouches being defined by first and second layers hermetically connected together by a seal that is spaced apart from and parallel to an inflation edge, an opposite edge, and by a pair of seals that are transverse to the inflation edge and the opposite edge; wherein each pair of adjacent inflated pouches are connected by an inflation edge line of perforations that extend inward from the inflation edge and an opposite edge line of perforations that extend inward from the opposite edge; wherein a portion of the inflation edge line of perforations is through a portion of said first and second layers that is not sealed together; wherein the inflation edge lines of perforations and the opposite edge lines of perforations delineate side edges of adjacent pouches, wherein the first layer is separated from the second layer along the side edges of the pouches, wherein each inflation edge line of perforations and corresponding opposite edge line of perforations are spaced apart by a continuous gap through the first and second layers that extends from the inflation side line of perforations to the opposite side line of perforations, wherein said gap forms as said side edges of adjacent pouches move away from one another during inflation, wherein the gap is sized to permit insertion of a separating device through the first and second layers between each pair of interconnected dunnage units.