Flexible package and method of manufacture

US11345532B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Susana E Borrero · Mason, US
• Benjamin G Hesford · Hamilton, US
• Jun You · Sharonville, US
• Jason M Earl · Milford, US
• Anthony Ogg · Fort Lee, US
• Stephen Michael Truesdell · Monroe, US
• Joseph Craig Lester · Monroe, US
• Lee Mathew Arent · Lancaster, US
• Kenneth Stephen McGuire · Montgomery, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 18, 2019
• Grant date: May 31, 2022
• Expiry date: Sep 5, 2039

Classification

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

Abstract

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 inner sheet of the package includes a shrinkable material that can be activated to immobilize articles disposed in the article reservoir.