Pre-packaged, flexible container of ice and air

A METHOD OF FORMING A PRE—PACKAGED, FLEXIBLE CONTAINER OF ICE AND

FORMING A FIRST MEMBER AND A SECOND MEMBER, EACH OF SAID FIRST AND
SECOND MEMBERS BEING CONSTRUCTED FROM A PLASTIC MATERIAL HAVING
A THICKNESS OF LESS THAN ABOUT 5 MILLIMETERS;

PHYSICALLY OVERLAPPING SAID FIRST AND SECOND MEMBERS TO ESTABLISH A COTERMINUOUS OUTER PERIPHERY;

FORMING A SEAL ABOUT A PORTION OF SAID COTERMINUOUS OUTER PERIPHERY TO FORM A VOID AREA, SAID SEAL EXTENDING FROM BETWEEN ABOUT 50% TO ABOUT 80% AROUND SAID COTERMINUOUS OUTER PERIPHERY. AND SAID UNSEALED PORTION OF SAID COTERMINUOUS OUTER PERIPHERY FORMING AN INLET TO SAID VOID AREA;

INTRODUCING AIR THROUGH SAID INLET TO CREATE A CAVITY HAVING A

INSERTING INDIVIDUAL PIECES OF ICE INTO SAID CAVITY THROUGH SAID
INLET, SAID INDI\/IDUAL PIECES OF ICE HAVING A COMBINED WEIGHT OF LESS
THAN ABOUT 5 OUNCES, AND EACH OF SAID INDI\/IDUAL PIECES OF ICE
HAVING A PREDETERMINED SHAPE; AND

SEALING SAID INLET TO FORM A PRE-PACKAGED, FLEXIBLE CONTAINER OF ICE AND AIR, SAID AIR OCCUPYING AT LEAST ABOUT 50% OF SAID VOLUME OF SAID CAVITY.

A METHOD OF FORMING A PRE-PACKAGED, FLEXIBLE CONTAINER OF ICE AND

FORMING A FIRST MEMBER AND A SECOND MEMBER, EACH OF SAID FIRST AND
SECOND MEMBERS BEING CONSTRUCTED FROM A VAPOR—IMPERMEABLE
MATERIAL HAVING A THICKNESS OF LESS THAN ABOUT 5 MILLIMETERS;

PHYSICALLY OVERLAPPING SAID FIRST AND SECOND MEMBERS TO ESTABLISH A COTERMINUOUS OUTER PERIPHERY;

FORMING A SEAL ABOUT A PORTION OF SAID COTERMINUOUS OUTER PERIPHERY TO FORM A VOID AREA, SAID SEAL EXTENDING FROM BETWEEN ABOUT 50% TO ABOUT 75% AROUND SAID COTERMINUOUS OUTER PERIPHERY, AND SAID UNSEALED PORTION OF SAID COTERMINUOUS OUTER PERIPHERY FORMING AN INLET TO SAID VOID AREA;

INTRODUCING AIR THROUGH SAID INLET TO CREATE A CAVITY HAVING A

INSERTING INDIVIDUAL PIECES OF ICE INTO SAID CAVITY THROUGH SAID
INLET, SAID INDI\/IDUAL PIECES OF ICE HAVING A COMBINED WEIGHT OF LESS
THAN ABOUT 5 OUNCES, AND EACH OF SAID INDMDUAL PIECES OF ICE
HAVING A PREDETERMINED SHAPE; AND

SEALING SAID INLET TO FORM A PRE-PACKAGED, FLEXIBLE CONTAINER OF ICE AND AIR, SAID AIR OCCUPYING AT LEAST ABOUT 50% OF SAID VOLUME OF SAID CAVITY.

A METHOD OF FORMING A PRE—PACKAGED, FLEXIBLE CONTAINER OF ICE AND

FORMING A FIRST MEMBER AND A SECOND MEMBER, EACH OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND MEMBERS BEING CONSTRUCTED FROM A UQUID-IMPERMEABLE MATERIAL HAVING A THICKNESS OF LESS THAN ABOUT 2 MILUMETERS;

FORMING A SEAL ABOUT AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID COTERMINUOUS OUTER PERIPHERY TO FORM A VOID AREA, SAID SEAL EXTENDING FROM BETWEEN ABOUT 55% TO ABOUT 65% AROUND SAID COTERMINUOUS OUTER PERIPHERY, AND SAID UNSEALED PORTION OF SAID COTERMINUOUS OUTER PERIPHERY FORMING AN INLET TO SAID VOID AREA;

INTRODUCING AIR THROUGH SAID INLET TO CREATE A CAVITY HAVING A

INSERTING MULTIPLE PIECES OF ICE INTO SAID CAVITY THROUGH SAID

INLET, SAID MULTIPLE PIECES OF ICE HAVING A COMBINED WEIGHT OF LESS THAN ABOUT § OUNCES. AND EACH OF SAID MULTIPLE PIECES OF ICE HAVING A DIMENSION OF LESS THAN ABOUT 1.5 INCHES; AND

SEALING SAID INLET TO FORM A PRE—PACKAGED, FLEXIBLE CONTAINER OF ICE AND AIR, SAID AIR OCCUPYING AT LEAST ABOUT 50% OF SAID VOLUME OF SAID CAVITY.

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