Flexible package and method of manufacture

US11325768B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Benjamin Jacob Clare · Cincinnati, US
• Joseph Craig Lester · Monroe, US
• Susana E Borrero · Mason, US
• Kenneth Stephen McGuire · Montgomery, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 18, 2019
• Grant date: May 10, 2022
• Expiry date: Sep 14, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D2203/02
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A package having a flexible inner sheet having a first surface and a second surface. The package has an article reservoir for accepting an article to be shipped. The expansion chambers can be inflated or otherwise expanded to provide structure to the package and to protect the article in the article reservoir. The package also includes an external wrap surrounding at least a portion of the package to provide a relatively planar outwardly-facing surface.