Abstract: Dunnage for filling a void space in a container. An inflatable dunnage bag has an inflation valve for inflating the bag with a gas. The inflation valve is a solid member having an elevated portion. An outer surface of the bag is tightly fixed to the solid member along a circumferential sealing area distant from the top of the elevated portion. The top of the elevated portion is a circumferential sealing rim tightly contactable by the outer surface of the bag. The solid member has an inflation opening between the sealing area and the sealing rim. The bag has an inflation opening radially inward of the sealing rim.

Abstract: A dunnage means for filling a void space in a container comprises an inflatable dunnage bag and an inflation valve for inflating the dunnage bag with a gas, the inflation valve comprising a solid member. The invention proposes that the solid member comprises an elevated portion an outer surface of the inflatable dunnage bag being tightly fixed to the solid member along a circumferential sealing area being distant from the top of the elevated portion, the top of the elevated portion comprising a circumferential sealing rim, which is tightly contactable by the outer surface of the inflatable dunnage bag, the solid member comprising an inflation opening arranged between the sealing area and the sealing rim, and a wall of the dunnage bag comprising an opening being arranged radially inwardly of the sealing rim.