Daniel A Pharo, 7327062 Alabastro Dr, Santa Clarita, CA 91354

D386074, Nov 11, 1997

Mar 4, 1996

D/051166

Daniel A. Pharo - Valencia CA

The D. Pharo Family Limited Partnership - Valencia CA

0903

D 9346

5445274, Aug 29, 1995

Jun 10, 1994

8/257941

Daniel A. Pharo - Valencia CA

B65D 8103

206522

An improved packaging system comprises several modifications of an inflatable package utilizing pressurized air to protect and cushion products for shipment. The improvements consist of novel flexible pouches, designed to fit corrugated shipping cartons, wooden crates and steel of molded plastic shipping containers. The product is inserted or placed within the perimeters of a support means such as a carton or box and pressurized air is injected into adjacent compartments in the bag to suspend or hold a product in a protected manner.

5272856, Dec 28, 1993

Jul 30, 1992

7/922618

Daniel A. Pharo - Valencia CA

Air Packaging Technologies, Inc. - Valencia CA

B65B 2300

53472

A flexible, inflatable packaging device is adapted to enclose and protect an article during shipping and the like. The packaging device has an inlet valve for selectively admitting air to inflate the packaging device to protect an enclosed article against rough handling during shipping and the like and an aperture that can be selectively sealed to retain the inflation air or unsealed to release the inflation air to deflate the packaging device to enable removal of the article from the packaging device and compact storage of the packaging device before and after shipping. The packaging device can be inflated and deflate a plurality of times, thereby enabling reuse of the packaging device for shipping a plurality of articles in succession.

5427830, Jun 27, 1995

Oct 14, 1992

7/960942

Daniel A. Pharo - Valencia CA

Air Packaging Technologies, Inc. - Valencia CA

B29D 2200

428 352

A continuous, two-ply thermoplastic film material, sealed in a manner that forms superimposed panels into individual, inflatable bags that are repeated and separable, individually or in groups of bags, forms a continuous packaging material. The material can be cut or torn from preformed rolls to a desired size to over-wrap a product with an air cushion. Valves are sealed into the material at repeated locations to allow air insertion at any location or to allow a primary air chamber to feed any length of pre-sealed bag material that can be sectioned and filled with air at the same time. The invention also allows wrapping of a product first, without air, and insertion of the wrapped product into a carton or box with provision for inflating the wrapping to conform tightly to the product, inside the carton or box. The wrapping material can be recycled either as a reusable, inflated wrapper or made of biodegradable plastic materials to minimize environmental damage.

5588532, Dec 31, 1996

Sep 15, 1994

8/306883

Daniel A. Pharo - Valencia CA

Air Packaging Technologies, Inc. - DE

B65D 8102

206522

An inflatable package is adapted to be formed into a packaging system for retaining an item formed with a pair of inner panels defining an item-receiving zone. Each of a pair of outer panels overlies a respective one of the inner panels to form an inflatable chamber. Overlying edge portions of each respective pair of inner and outer panels are secured together along all overlying edge portions, and overlying edge portions of the inner panels are secured together along at least two substantially parallel edge portions so that the inner panels remain unattached to each other along at least one section to allow insertion of the item into the item-receiving zone. The inflatable chambers are at least partially inflated with a filler medium through an inflating valve. The inflatable chambers are divided into a plurality of sections by bonding each respective pair of inner and outer panels along an interior portion, so that the bonding between each respective pair of inner and outer panels is not uniform and complete, the filling medium can pass between adjacent sections, the bonding is not co-extensive with the two substantially parallel edge portions of the inner panels, and there is a portion of each inflatable chamber which is shaped to substantially enclose the item-receiving zone upon inflation. The filling medium communicates between the inflatable chambers via respective co-extensive holes in the inner panels.

5711691, Jan 27, 1998

May 13, 1996

8/645094

Thomas V. Damask - Glendale CA
Daniel A. Pharo - Valencia CA

Air Packaging Technologies, Inc. - Valencia CA

B63B 3558

441 41

A self-closing and self-sealing valve device for use with inflatable structures. The valve device comprises a pair of relatively flat plastic sheets which are disposed over one another in facewise engagement, and form an air inlet end and air outlet end, the latter of which is disposed in the inflatable structure. The valve is constructed by providing two longitudinal heat seals in proximity to the longitudinal margins of the pair of plastic sheets or strips. An adhesive zone is formed interiorly of the two longitudinal heat seals and causes a self-closing and self-sealing of the valve device. The adhesive zone further precludes any sealing of the two sheets in the adhesive zone during longitudinal sealing operations since sealing will not occur with the presence of the adhesive. In this way, since the two sheets are adhesively secured to one another, there is no back flow from the inflatable and deflatable structure outwardly of the structure even under low pressure condition. However, by engaging terminal ends of the two sheets, one can introduce an expandable gas into and through the valve device.