Patent ID: 6990788

Claim:
A process for packing an item having sides in an outer box having walls wherein a space exists between at least one of the sides and at least one of the walls, comprising: placing a center body of an air bladder proximate to a first side of the item; positioning at least a portion of at least one finger of the air bladder along one of the sides of the item in the space between the one side and one of the walls of the outer box, wherein a width of the at least one finger is less then a width of the center body, and the at least one finger is continuous so as not to include an aperture therein; and inflating the at least one finger sufficiently to span the space between the one side and the one of the walls, and, once inflated, the at least one finger does not span a space between another one of the walls of the box and another one of the sides of the item, the another one side of the item being opposite to the first side.