Abstract: A product and method of making a bellows from thermoplastic sheet material including forming a plurality of substantially U-shaped gussets having inside and outside edges, heat-sealing the inside edges of the gussets in pairs, heat-sealing the outside edges of adjacent pairs in an accordion-like stack, and then heat-sealing the stack of sealed gussets between a folded cover member of thermoplastic sheet material having an air passage through the cover member for communication with an expansible air chamber formed by the cover member and the gussets.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 28, 1980
Date of Patent:
June 29, 1982
Assignee:
Packaging Associates, Inc.
Inventors:
Ray S. Totty, Gary N. Love, Jeffrey L. Zolot