Shaped flexible shipping package and method of making

US11338980B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Susana E Borrero · Mason, US
• Kenneth Stephen McGuire · Montgomery, US
• Joseph Craig Lester · Monroe, US
• Benjamin Jacob Clare · Cincinnati, US
• James T Boesken · Cadiz, US
• Jason M Earl · Milford, US
• Jun You · Sharonville, US
• Benjamin G Hesford · Hamilton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 18, 2019
• Grant date: May 24, 2022
• Expiry date: Jul 18, 2039

Classification

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

Abstract

A shipping 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 and one or more expansion chambers. The expansion chambers can be inflated or otherwise expanded to provide structure to the package and to protect the article in the article reservoir.