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1. A portable container for storing articles comprising
a. a compression storage bag including (i) at least
two flexible wall panels, wherein one wall panel of said at least two flexible wall panels has a hole formed therethrough for receiving a valve, (ii) an interior access opening and (iii) a closure mechanism for closing said interior access opening; and b. a vacuum evacuation valve including (i) a check valve comprising a substantially flat body with a hole therethrough, said body having a top surface with a flexible cover member movably attached thereto so as to overlay said hole in the body, and said body having an underside surface with an adhesive thereon; (ii) a carrier film having a hole therethrough and adhesive on at least a portion of an underside surface of the carrier film; and (iii) a plastic stand-off comprising an essentially flat portion with a plurality of protrusions projecting from a bottom surface of said flat portion, and a hole extending through said stand-off,
wherein said check valve is affixed by saidadhesive on said underside surface of said check valve to said carrier film, and said carrier film is affixed to said stand-off by said adhesive on said underside surface of the carrier film,wherein the hole in the check valve, the hole in the carrier film and the hole in the stand-off are in alignment with each other to provide an air passageway therethrough; andwherein said vacuum evacuation valve is adhesively affixed to said one wall panel having a hole therethrough of said compression storage bag so as to seal said hole and have said stand-off extending through said hole in said one wall panel and beyond said one wall panel into an interior space of said bag. |