A cushioning sheet includes: main support parts extending in a reference direction and arranged with at least a part of a wide surface in contact with a first member and a narrow surface facing the wide surface back-to-back in contact with a second member; and a band-shaped connection part connecting the adjacent main support parts and arranged in contact with the first member and at a distance from the second member. A main recess extending in the reference direction and opening toward the first member is formed in a central part of the wide surface of the main support part in a width direction. A sub-recess extending in the reference direction, opening toward at least one of the first member and the second member, and having an opening width smaller than the main recess is formed in a boundary portion between the main support parts and the connection part.

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.

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, 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.

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.

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.

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.

Flexible packages with reinforcing areas and flat panels.

A method and system of and for securing and/or transporting fragile or valuable items such as jewelry, small medical, scientific, or industrial instruments, or similar items, which can be damaged or lose value due to rough or negligent handling and/or shipping, the method and system including a plurality of cooperative filaments or bristles onto and into which an item is placed.

A method and system of and for securing and/or transporting fragile or valuable items such as jewelry, small medical, scientific, or industrial instruments, or similar items, which can be damaged or lose value due to rough or negligent handling and/or shipping, the method and system including a plurality of cooperative filaments or bristles onto and into which an item is placed.

An inflation bag with protective base is provided. Two outer films and two inner films are stacked with each other, and the stacked structure is heat sealed and inflated to form the inflation bag. The inflation bag includes two side surface walls and a bottom surface wall between the side surface walls and connected to bottoms of the side surface walls. The bottom surface wall includes bottom columns. Each bottom column has a first bottom column portion, a protection column portion, and a second column portion. A first heat-seal node is provided for attaching the outer films with the inner films, and the first bottom column portion is connected to the second bottom column portion. One or more second heat-seal nodes are provided on the protection column portion for attaching the outer films with the inner films, and the protection column portions are folded to form a protective base.