Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable media collect and analyze the physical performance of an individual and structure and generate an athletic protocol. Athletic assessment devices perform an athletic assessment of an individual, including kinetic, neurological, musculoskeletal and aerobic capacity. Athletic data is collected and stored in a digital data storage medium of a computer system having a display, and a central processing unit (CPU) operable with programming executes one or more analytical algorithms to assess injury risk levels of said individual based on said athletic data. Data mining algorithms using artificial intelligence are used to execute predictive modeling and analytics. The resultant athletic protocol includes information to correct imbalances to treat and/or prevent injuries, corrective exercises, performance training exercises, and protocols to maximize physical performance.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable media collect and analyze the physical performance of an individual and structure and generate an athletic protocol. Athletic assessment devices perform an athletic assessment of an individual, including kinetic, neurological, musculoskeletal and aerobic capacity. Athletic data is collected and stored in a digital data storage medium of a computer system having a display, and a central processing unit (CPU) operable with programming executes one or more analytical algorithms to assess injury risk levels of said individual based on said athletic data. Data mining algorithms using artificial intelligence are used to execute predictive modeling and analytics. The resultant athletic protocol includes information to correct imbalances to treat and/or prevent injuries, corrective exercises, performance training exercises, and protocols to maximize physical performance.

Abstract: A consumer textile soft goods product for retail sale includes a vacuum-resealable bag, one or more textile soft goods located within the interior space of the vacuum-resealable bag, retail packaging in which the vacuum-resealable bag containing the textile soft goods is contained; and printed media for viewing by a consumer at retail sale identifying the one or more textile soft goods contained in the interior space of the vacuum-resealable bag and identifying the reusability of the vacuum-resealable bag. The retail packaging may include a case, and an insert contained with the vacuum-resealable bag within the case may comprise the printed media. Alternatively, the retail packaging may comprise a box within which the vacuum-resealable bag is contained. The vacuum-resealable bag includes air impermeable walls; a one-way valve assembly; and a closure mechanism configured to seal a mouth of the vacuum-resealable bag in an airtight manner.

Abstract: The invention relates to diaper packaging and, more particularly, to vacuum packing together a plurality of individual diaper packages. The invention also relates to an overall package containing a plurality of individual diaper packages, wherein each individual diaper package is a vacuum packed diaper (VPD). In accordance therewith, a method of packaging diapers includes the steps of: (a) individually packing each of a plurality of diapers to form a plurality of individual diaper packages; and thereafter (b) vacuum packing the plurality of individual diaper packages together to form an overall package of diapers. In a feature, each individual diaper package includes only a single vacuum packed diaper. In another feature, a retail package for sale to consumers includes a group of non vacuum packed diapers, none of which are individually packaged, and an overall package of VPDs.

Abstract: Packaging a consumer textile soft goods product for retail sale includes: providing a vacuum-sealable bag; sealing one or more textile soft goods within the interior space of the vacuum-sealable bag for retail sale to a consumer; and physically associating with the vacuum-sealable bag, for viewing by a consumer at retail sale, printed media that identifies the one or more textile soft goods contained in the interior space of the vacuum-sealable bag.

Abstract: Packaging textile soft goods for retail sale includes, for each product: receiving, from a first party by a second party, textile soft goods for a product to be sold at retail sale; compressing, by the second party, textile soft goods arranged together within an interior space of a vacuum-sealable bag, and maintaining the textile soft goods in a compressed condition within the vacuum-sealable bag by maintaining a pressure differential between a pressure in the interior space of the vacuum-sealable bag and a pressure exterior to the vacuum-sealable bag; locating, by the second party, the vacuum-sealable bag, itself having the textile soft goods contained therein, within retail packaging that identifies the textile soft goods contained in the vacuum-sealable bag; and shipping, by the second party, to a third party retailer, the vacuum-packed textile soft goods contained in the retail packaging for sale as a consumer product in the retail packaging.

Abstract: Packaging a consumer textile soft goods product for retail sale includes: providing a vacuum-resealable bag; and sealing one or more textile soft goods within the interior space of the vacuum-resealable bag for retail sale to a consumer. The bag has air impermeable walls defining an interior space of the vacuum-resealable bag; a one-way valve assembly configured to permit air to be evacuated through the one-way valve assembly from the interior space of the vacuum-resealable bag but to preclude air from entering the interior space of the vacuum sealable bag through the one-way valve assembly, and a closure mechanism configured to seal a mouth of the vacuum-resealable bag in an airtight manner. The vacuum-resealable bag is configured to maintain a vacuum condition within the interior space. The vacuum-resealable bag is configured to be opened and then reclosed such that the vacuum-resealable bag is reusable by a consumer for vacuum-packing.

Abstract: A consumer textile soft goods product for retail sale includes the combination of an inner bag and retail packaging in which the inner bag itself is contained. The inner bag comprises a vacuum-sealable bag. The vacuum-sealable bag is configured to maintain a vacuum condition within the interior space when a closure mechanism seals the mouth of the vacuum-sealable bag and air is evacuated through a one-way valve assembly from the interior space defined by the vacuum-sealable bag. One or more textile soft goods located within the interior space of the vacuum-sealable bag.

Abstract: Shipping bedding sets for retail sale includes making textile soft goods product for retail sale constituting bedding sets for differing sizes of beds; packing the textile soft goods products in a shipping container such that the respective retail packaging of the textile soft goods products for retail sale collectively consume the entire interior containment space of the shipping container, wherein the interior containment space of the retail packaging of each textile soft goods product for retail sale is substantially the same, but wherein at least some of the particular bed sizes differ from another one; and shipping the packed shipping container to a retailer, wholesaler, distributor or consumer.

Abstract: A display of bedding sets for retail sale includes a first, second, third and fourth textile soft goods products for retail sale. Each includes a first vacuum-sealable bag and a plurality of individual bedding components constituting a bedding set for a particular size of bed. The bedding sets are displayed together on a shelf of a retail store, and the physical dimensions of each retail packaging are substantially the same as the physical dimensions of each other retail packaging.

Abstract: A consumer textile soft goods product for retail sale includes: a vacuum-sealable bag; and one or more textile soft goods located within the interior space of the vacuum-sealable bag. The one or more textile soft goods located within the interior space of the vacuum-sealable bag are maintained in a compressed condition resulting from a pressure differential existing between a pressure in the interior space of the vacuum-sealable bag and a pressure exterior to the vacuum-sealable bag. Printed media is physically associated with the vacuum-resealable bag for viewing by a consumer at retail sale, the printed media identifying the one or more textile soft goods contained in the interior space of the vacuum-resealable bag.

Abstract: A consumer textile soft goods product for retail sale includes a vacaum-resealable bag and one or more textile soft goods located therein. The vacuum-resealable bag includes air impermeable walls, a one-way valve assembly, and a closure mechanism. The vacuum-resealable bag is configured to maintain a vacuum condition therein when the closure mechanism seals the vacuum-resealable bag and air is evacuated through the one-way valve assembly. A pressure differential preferably maintains the textile soft goods for retail sale in a compressed condition within the vacuum-sealable bag, and the vacuum-sealable bag preferably is located within retail packaging. Furthermore, the vacuum-resealable bag preferably is configured to be opened and then reclosed such that the vacuum-resealable bag is reusable by a consumer for vacuum-packing compressible items after the one or more textile soft goods have been removed from the interior space of the vacuum-resealable bag post purchase.

Abstract: An environmentally friendly system in which product packaging is reused post purchase by consumers includes: (a) purchasing textile soft goods products, each including textile soft goods vacuum-packaged within a reusable vacuum-resealable bag; (b) removing the textile soft goods from the vacuum-resealable bags for use; and (c) reusing, by the consumers, the vacuum-resealable bags by vacuum-packing items therein.

Abstract: Packaging a consumer textile soft goods product for retail sale includes: providing a vacuum-sealable bag; sealing one or more textile soft goods within the interior space of the vacuum-sealable bag for retail sale to a consumer; and locating the vacuum-sealable bag within retail packaging for retail sale to a consumer.

Abstract: A shipping package of bedding sets includes: a first textile soft goods product for retail sale, including a first vacuum-sealable bag with textile soft goods and first retail packaging in which the first vacuum-sealable bag is itself contained; and a second textile soft goods product for retail sale, including a second vacuum-sealable bag with textile soft goods and second retail packaging in which the second vacuum-sealable bag is itself contained. Each vacuum-sealable bag includes a plurality of individual bedding components constituting a bedding set for a particular size of bed.

Abstract: An environmentally friendly system in which product packaging is reused post purchase by consumers includes: packaging textile soft goods products for retail sale comprising, for each textile soft goods product, the steps of locating textile soft goods within an interior space of a reusable vacuum-resealable bag, locating the vacuum-resealable bag within retail packaging, and identifying the textile soft goods contained in the vacuum-resealable bag by physically associating printed media with the retail packaging; and advertising as a selling point to consumers the reusability of the vacuum-resealable bags of the textile soft goods products for retail sale. Each vacuum-resealable bag is reusable for vacuum-packing by a consumer after the textile soft goods have been removed therefrom post purchase.

Abstract: An environmentally friendly system in which product packaging is reused post purchase by consumers includes: packaging textile soft goods products for retail sale including, for each product, locating one or more textile soft goods within an interior space of a vacuum-resealable bag, locating the vacuum-resealable bag within retail packaging, and identifying the one or more textile soft goods contained in the vacuum-resealable bag by physically associating printed media with the retail packaging, wherein the vacuum-resealable bag reusable for vacuum-packing after the one or more textile soft goods have been removed therefrom; individually displaying, to consumers, the products for retail sale by setting out the products on store shelves; removing, by the consumers, the vacuum-resealable bags front the respective retail packaging and removing the one or more textile soft goods thereof from the respective vacuum-resealable bags; and reusing, by the consumers, the vacuum-resealable bags by vacuum-packing items t

Abstract: A consumer textile soft goods product for retail sale includes a vacuum-resealable bag and one or more textile soft goods located therein. The vacuum-resealable bag includes air impermeable walls, a one-way valve assembly, and a closure mechanism. The vacuum-resealable bag is configured to maintain a vacuum condition therein when the closure mechanism seals the vacuum-resealable bag and air is evacuated through the one-way valve assembly. A pressure differential preferably maintains the textile soft goods for retail sale in a compressed condition within the vacuum-sealable bag, and the vacuum-sealable bag preferably is located within retail packaging. Furthermore, the vacuum-resealable bag preferably is configured to be opened and then reclosed such that the vacuum-resealable bag is reusable by a consumer for vacuum-packing compressible items after the one or more textile soft goods have been removed from the interior space of the vacuum-resealable bag post purchase.

Abstract: A consumer textile soft goods product for retail sale includes a vacuum-resealable bag and one or more textile soft goods located therein. The vacuum-resealable bag includes air impermeable walls, a one-way valve assembly, and a closure mechanism. The vacuum-resealable bag is configured to maintain a vacuum condition therein when the closure mechanism seals the vacuum-resealable bag and air is evacuated through the one-way valve assembly. A pressure differential preferably maintains the textile soft goods for retail sale in a compressed condition within the vacuum-sealable bag, and the vacuum-sealable bag preferably is located within retail packaging. Furthermore, the vacuum-resealable bag preferably is configured to be opened and then reclosed such that the vacuum-resealable bag is reusable by a consumer for vacuum-packing compressible items after the one or more textile soft goods have been removed from the interior space of the vacuum-resealable bag post purchase.

Abstract: The invention relates to diaper packaging and, more particularly, to vacuum packing together a plurality of individual diaper packages. The invention also relates to an overall package containing a plurality of individual diaper packages, wherein each individual diaper package is a vacuum packed diaper (VPD). In accordance therewith, a method of packaging diapers includes the steps of: (a) individually packing each of a plurality of diapers to form a plurality of individual diaper packages; and thereafter (b) vacuum packing the plurality of individual diaper packages together to form an overall package of diapers. In a feature, each individual diaper package includes only a single vacuum packed diaper. In another feature, a retail package for sale to consumers includes a group of non vacuum packed diapers, none of which are individually packaged, and an overall package of VPDs.