Cushioned shipping bag

Claim 1

A shipping bag for articles subject to damage in the mails and shipping generally having a flattened tubular construction With a side overlap forming the tubular construction and end overlaps, respectively, previously sealed and open for insertion of the article and subject then to sealing after insertion, said tubular construction having an inside sheet liner and an outside protective sheet having substantially coterminous and juxtaposed, longitudinally directed first and second marginal flap portions, the heightwise extent of said first marginal flap portions being greater than the heightwise extent of said second marginal flap portions, substantially uniformly distributed stuffing material separating said inside and outside sheets, said overlaps being devoid of said stuffing material, the inside and outside sheets being in direct contact with one another at said overlaps, said flattened tubular construction, when said overlaps are completed, having an end closure edge and an inlet filling edge, said side overlap being defined by said flap portions, said second marginal flap portion being folded in parallel to engage one side of said bag, said first marginal flap portion being folded over and outwardly lapping said second flap portion and, in addition, a portion of said one side beyond said second flap portion, a strong adhesive connection effected between said portion of said first side and the side-adjacent portions of said first flap, a tear string assembly interposed between said first and second flap portions and extending from one end overlap to the other end overlap and having a cutout tab positioned inside of the firstmentioned end overlap, the juxtaposed portions of said sheets defining said first and second flap portions which surround said tear string assembly being lightly adhesively connected together.