Flexible shipping package and method of making

US11352186B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Joseph Craig Lester · Monroe, US
• Mark Mason Hargett · Kyles, US
• Susana E Borrero · Mason, US
• James T Boesken · Cadiz, US
• Benjamin G Hesford · Hamilton, US
• Kenneth Stephen McGuire · Montgomery, US
• Benjamin Jacob Clare · Cincinnati, US
• Philip Andrew Sawin · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 18, 2019
• Grant date: Jun 7, 2022
• Expiry date: Oct 11, 2039

Classification

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

Abstract

A shipping package and method of making a shipping package having a flexible inner sheet having a first surface and a second surface. The method includes providing one or more sheets of flexible material, joining the sheet(s) to form an article reservoir for accepting an article to be shipped, one or more expansion chambers, and an article retrieval feature. The expansion chambers can be inflated or otherwise expanded to provide structure to the package and to protect the article in the article reservoir.