Abstract: A protective cover is used for protecting thermal conducting mediums on two heat sinks from being damaged simultaneously. The protective cover includes a plate body and two holding portions. The plate body has two opposite plate surfaces respectively covering the sides of the two heat sinks coated with a thermal conducting medium. The two holding portions are formed on the periphery of the two plate surfaces and surround the two plate surfaces to form an accommodation space respectively. The holding portions are engaged with the two heat sinks and cover the thermal conducting mediums in the accommodation space respectively.

Abstract: A cushion structure comprises a first fixing element, a second fixing element, a first cushion element, and a second cushion element. The first fixing element comprises a first board. The second fixing element comprises a second board and faces the first fixing element. The first cushion element is fixed on the first board and the second board near a side thereof. The first cushion element comprises a plurality of first spacers and first grooves. The second cushion element is fixed on the first board and the second board near another side thereof facing the first cushion element. The second cushion element comprises a plurality of second spacers and second grooves. The second grooves face the first grooves.

Abstract: A package made of pulp material for absorbing an external force applied to a solid object accommodated in a box is provided which may include a first pad having at least a point of contact with a top surface of the solid object and a second pad having at least a point of contact with a bottom surface of the solid object. Each of the first pad and second pads may have a vertical force-absorbing section and a lateral force-absorbing section.

Abstract: An LCD module covered a protective film and stored in a vinyl bag is held by cushioning material, and the cushioning material is placed in a box. A plurality of grooves are formed in a mutually parallel fashion on the lower and upper members of the cushioning material. The grooves form a supporting portion for supporting the edges of LCD modules that are fitted in the grooves. The depth of the grooves is slightly less than the width of the frame area of the LCD modules. An upwardly protruding convexity is formed in the area between the grooves and on both sides of the rows comprising the plurality of grooves. The convexity is a pop-out prevention portion for preventing LCD modules from popping out from the cushioning material during transport. Soiling can thereby be prevented from occurring on the display area of the display modules.

Abstract: A corrugated-cardboard packing member 20 includes a pair of openings 25 provided in a bottom housing portion 21, a pair of spacer portions 22 formed so that cores of a corrugated-cardboard sheet extend in a direction substantially orthogonal to their longitudinal direction, an attachment supporting portion 26 having a longitudinal portion which extends in a direction substantially in parallel to the direction of extending the cores of the corrugated-cardboard sheet, a pair of folding portions 23 which are arranged between the opposite sides of a pair of styrofoam members 110 are folded downward in order to form the pair of openings 25, and a tip projecting portion 24 arranged to be in contact with a projection 112 of each styrofoam member 110.

Abstract: A thin portable device having high strength. The portable device includes a portable device body for accommodating an electronic component used for communication. The portable device body includes an upper case and a lower case, each having a cavity. A holding frame holds peripheral portions of the upper case and the lower case so that the upper case and the lower case are connected to each other with the cavities opposed to each other.

Abstract: A shipping base for washers, dryers, and the like appliances. The base is in the form of a frame having top surfaces of outer parts thereof which are set relatively lower than the top surfaces of relative inner portions of the frame. Sockets are provided at the corners, to grip and receive the feet of the appliance. The sockets having radial ribs that deflect to grip the feet of the appliance.

Abstract: A packaging structure for a container. The packaging structure includes a main frame including a first portion, a second portion and a connecting plate connecting the first and second portions, and a plurality of separators inserted in first and second grooves defined at the first and second portions respectively. The glass substrate is sealed in a loading slot formed by the separators.

Abstract: A packing device made of thermo-formed plastic sheet includes a bottom plate having adjacent first recesses and each first recess has first flaps which are higher than a receiving plane of the first recess, and each first recess has a positioning portion in an inside thereof. A side plate being foldable along a folding line relative to the bottom plate has engaging portions which are engaged with the positioning portions. The side plate includes adjacent second recesses and each second recess has a plurality of second flaps which are higher than a receiving plane of the second recess. The side plate has receiving portions located opposite to the engaging portions. A top plate being foldable along a folding line relative to the side plate has protrusions which are engaged with the receiving portions when the top plate is folded the folding line toward the side plate. The top plate has third recesses and each of which has third flaps which are higher than a receiving plane of the third recess.

Abstract: A packing cushion material located between a packing article and a packing box to buffer shocks applied from the outside to protect electronic appliances such as audio apparatus and speaker apparatus and other articles housed and packed in the packing box is formed by pulp mold. The packing cushion material is characterized by upper and lower cushion portions contacting with the packed article from the lower direction or the upper direction and side cushion portions contacting with the packed article from the lateral direction to receive force acting from the lateral direction, wherein the side cushion portions include protrusion portions protruding in the upper and lower directions and including contact surfaces expanded in the upper and lower directions to surface-contact the packed article and reinforcement portions formed at the rear sides of the protrusion portions and having concave and convex portions.

Abstract: A buffer packing apparatus for packing an object and increasing the buffering capacity between the object and a packaging box is provided. The buffer packing apparatus comprises a U-shaped column body and a pair of buffering sleeves. The two carrier boards in the U-shaped column body support the upper and lower surface of the object. The buffering sleeves are engaged to the respective ends of the U-shaped column body to form a buffering space for protecting the object against external impact. The corners of the buffer packing apparatus are also chamfered to increase the buffering capacity of buffering sleeves when the packaging box receives an external impact.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to prevent the edge of the in-molded label from the crack due to the impact of dropping the container, especially to prevent the occurrence of the crack on the thin synthetic resin container and to provide the synthetic resin container which a reinforce rib is disposed on the wall surface of the container body corresponding to the edge of the in-molded label to surround the label edge or to locate the label edge in said rib.

Abstract: A PDP module packing apparatus includes PDP module packing units, each unit including a support member and a coupling unit for coupling a PDP module to a respective support member for supporting and preventing deformation of the PDP module; and shock absorbing units for receiving and supporting several PDP module packing units, a respective shock absorbing unit being locatable at each of upper and lower ends of the PDP module packing units and receiving one of the upper and lower ends for maintaining spacing between PDP module packing units, and absorbing mechanical shock. Thus, PDP modules can be safely shipped to a destination without receiving external vibration and shock in the PDP module packing apparatus.

Abstract: A carton, a receptacle and a blank for packaging fragile articles, each comprising an article supporting platform, and upper and lower spacer structures provided to space the platform from the base, top and sides of an outer carton in which the receptacle is disposed, wherein one or more of the upper and lower spacer structures comprises a pair of members extending mutually divergently from the platform such that each of the members terminate at an intersection of a pair of walls of the outer carton.

Abstract: Reusable one-piece, foldable, elongate, protective shipping container element formed to conformably-receive and support a product of predetermined size and shape. The container element includes a central, product-receiving section united to opposed end sections by means of transverse hinge areas adapted to be pivoted up and over the central section to form a top cover portion over a product received within the central section. The central section and end sections are formed with upwardly-extending spaced projections of predetermined contour, dimension and location, corresponding to the exterior size, shape and contour of a product to be contained, to receive and supportingly engage the product within the container when the end sections are pivoted up and over the central section to closed position into at least partial engagement with the product supported within the central section. The insert preferably is associated with an outer carton and is supportingly-received therewithin.

Abstract: One or more unique hinges are provided within panels of a fragility packaging article for use in retaining one or more fragile articles within a container (e.g., a corrugated box). The unique hinges provide predicted deformation paths that assist in protecting one or more fragile items stored in the container. One of the unique hinges is a diamond shaped hinge that provides at least two predicted deformation paths. Other unique hinges of the present invention includes a gusset hinge, a step hinge, and a v-hinge, each of which provides at least one predicted deformation path. The predicted deformation paths reduce permanent deformation and provide for improved overall cushioning, thereby increasing protection of fragile items and significantly reducing damage that may occur to the fragile items.

Abstract: A cushion package structure conforming to environmental protection recycling regulations utilizes corrugated paper and elastic cushion materials (EPE) to replace conventional polylone. The corrugated paper and EPE are latched and coupled together without using hot adhesive. Thus EPE and corrugated paper may be reclaimed and recycled separately to achieve environmental protection purposes.

Abstract: Tablets and other relatively fragile consumer products can be transported in a carton with little or no compromise to their integrity by providing bottom flaps of the carton with slits for cushioning the carton. Preferably, at least two adjacent flaps include the slits. Instead of slits, perforated lines or non-linear lines can be used. However, in a preferred embodiment, the carton is a corrugated carton and the slits run parallel to the lines of corrugation. More preferably, the corrugation includes troughs and the slits are imposed in the fiberboard parallel to and opposite the troughs of the corrugations.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a convertible board holder for positioning and cushioning at least one article each having two continuous side walls. The convertible board holder comprises a first portion, a second portion and a hinged portion. The first portion has at least one first transverse recess. The second portion has at least one second transverse recess corresponding to the first transverse recess of the first portion. The hinged portion continuously connects between the first portion and the second portion in a corrugated form so that when the first portion and the second portion are rotationally converted about the hinged portion at a certain angle, the first transverse recess and second transverse recess are adapted to receive the two side walls of the article, respectively. Therefore, the convertible board holder of the invention can position and cushion at least two side walls of an article. The convertible board holder can position and cushion a plurality of articles.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to packaging that is inexpensive, stylish and easily wrapped, and is acceptable to higher end retailers. The packaging of the present invention includes a base having a cavity with a flocked surface for supporting a product, a cover fitted over the base, and a sleeve that is slipped onto the base and the cover. The sleeve may be provided with written information relating to the product. A card for displaying graphical indicia or written information relating to the product may be provided on a bottom surface of the base. The packaging cushions the product, and is durable and impact resistant. Because the sleeve of the packaging may be provided with a perforation and the cover can be removed from the base, the package is easily opened for inspecting the product contained therein and may be readily resealed.

Abstract: A carton for shipping fragile wares comprising a regular slotted container and an insert for suspending the wares between the top, bottom and side panels of the regular slotted container. The insert is characterized in that it includes upwardly and downwardly sloping sidewalls which meet at a vertex to form a "v" shape. The fragile wares are placed on the downwardly sloping sidewalls of the insert and the top of the container is closed, thereby clamping the fragile wares away from the sides, top, and bottom of the container. This suspension construction protects the wares from outside shocks and forces during shipping. Preferably, the insert of the present invention is formed from two symmetric "C" shaped pieces and is made of corrugated cardboard.

Abstract: A unitary fragility packaging article for packaging at least one shock sensitive item within a container having multiple panels, includes in a preferred embodiment a platform portion defining a floor for supporting at least a portion of the item and having a peripheral edge including generally parallel front and rear edges and generally parallel side edges; a plurality of ribs disposed on the platform portion to project from the floor and to divide the floor into a plurality of item-supporting cells; and at least one of the cells being provided with at least a portion of a crush depression for forming a cushion distance between the floor and an adjacent panel of the container.

Abstract: Dunnage for shipping densely packed objects is disclosed. The dunnage consists of trays for supporting objects. Each tray includes a plurality of alternating, spaced first and second bays. Each first bay is adapted to hold one end of the object, while each second bay is adapted to hold the second end of the object. Matched first/second bay pairs are formed when two trays are placed with their bay openings facing one another. This allows each object to be retained by a first/second bay pair. To stack non-linear and symmetric objects in a high vertical density, a second set of trays is stacked on top of the first set of trays. The trays of the second set of trays are different in that the order of bays are opposite the order of bays in the first set of trays. This allows for opposite first/second bay pairs and greater vertical density.

Abstract: A unitary fragility packaging article for packaging at least one shock sensitive item within a container having multiple panels, includes in a preferred embodiment a platform portion defining a floor for supporting at least a portion of the item and having a peripheral edge including generally parallel front and rear edges and generally parallel side edges; a plurality of ribs disposed on the platform portion to project from the floor and to divide the floor into a plurality of item-supporting cells; and at least one of the cells being provided with at least a portion of a crush depression for forming a cushion distance between the floor and an adjacent panel of the container.

Abstract: A container 2 for flat panels comprising: a lower end holding shock absorber member 30 resiliently holding a lower end of said flat panel 34 contained in the container 2; an upper end holding shock absorber member 50 resiliently holding an upper end of the flat panel; a side shock absorber member 42 comprised of a resilient member and provided with parallel guide grooves 44 for slidably guiding a side end of the flat panel 34; and a side spacer 40 for attaching said side shock absorber member 42 on an inner wall surface of said container 2 so that a distance between said side shock absorber member 42 and said inner wall is adjustable. The lower end holding shock absorber member 30 is designed to be adjustable in height with a bottom spacer 35.

Abstract: New molded pulp and molded fiber structures provide interior package cushioning to protect products shipped in a package. The molded pulp fiber interior package cushioning (IPC) structure defines a cavity for receiving and holding a product to be shipped. The IPC structure incorporates a plurality of structural ribs in the form of elongate hollow ridges molded in the IPC structure and extending between different locations for reinforcing the IPC structure between the locations. The IPC structure comprises intersecting ribs extending in at least two orthogonal directions or axes.

Abstract: The present invention is a shipping container for safely storing articles such as semiconductor wafers. The shipping container has two sidewalls sealingly connected to two end walls to form a generally rectangular interior wafer confinement area. A top cover and a bottom cover are removably attached to the container to protect the wafers during shipping and storage and provide access to the wafers for processing. The wafers are securely held in place in the carrier by a cushioning means to prevent damage to the wafers. Furthermore, the wafers are locked into place to prevent contamination by the wafers generating particles in the wafer confinement area by rubbing against the carrier. The cushioning means for accommodating the flexing of the cover supports and suspends wafers in the wafer confinement area. The cushioning means extends from the top cover and has a plurality of wafer engaging edges. Each edge is formed in a convex arcuate shape with respect to a centerline of the carrier.

Abstract: A wrapped package for at least one product to be packaged comprising a molded fiber inner structure to provide a six-sided folded up rectangular package and sheet material at least partially enclosing the inner structure and providing planar surfaces on which imprinting can appear. The molded fiber inner structure is comprised of first and second spaced- apart parallel side walls and third and fourth spaced- apart parallel side walls. The first and second side walls extend at 90.degree. angles with respect to the third and fourth side walls. Fifth and sixth spaced-apart parallel end walls extend at 90.degree. angles with respect to the first and second and third and fourth side walls. Each of the side and end walls have at least one raised pyramid-like protrusion with four surfaces inclined at angles in excess of 30.degree.. The angles of adjacent surfaces are complementary to provide a combined angle of 90.degree.. The raised protrusions have recesses therein adapted to receive the product to be packaged.

Abstract: A unitary spring system end cap packaging unit, for protecting a fragile article contained within a shipping carton, including a platform portion dimensioned to support at least a portion of a shock/vibration sensitive article, and a sidewall structure. The sidewall structure includes an inner wall with a distal edge joined to the platform portion, an outer wall and at least one spring system integrally joined to a proximal edge of the inner wall and an upper edge of the outer wall. The spring system spaces the inner wall from the outer wall. The spring system includes at least one flexible harmonic bellows forming a flexible ridge that has an arcuate shape along the length of the sidewall structure. The outer wall extends below the distal edge of the inner wall so that the platform portion is supported above the lower edge of the outer wall.

Abstract: A buffering pad for device packages is provided. The buffering pad is composed of a main member, a pair of lateral supporting members, and at least one protection member. The main member and the lateral supporting members are each formed by folding an integral piece of cardboard. At least one buckling piece is integrally formed either on the main member or on the lateral supporting member for fastening the protection member to the main member. Alternatively, a supporting glove is used to fasten the protection member to the main member. The protection member is a substantially U-shaped block which provides support and enforcement to the portion where it is fastened to.

Abstract: A spacer (30) for vessels of hazardous materials is formed of a single sheet of cardboard and includes a top panel 32 and a bottom panel 36. The top panel 32 and the bottom panel 36 are spaced from the top and the bottom of the shipping carton, respectively, by upwardly and downwardly projecting members (70, 72, 74, 88, 90, 92, 106, 108, 110, 134). When assembled, ears 120 and 124 fold over the top panel 32 and engage diagonal slots 50 and 52, thereby providing rigidity to the structure.

Abstract: A paper buffering material for pre-packing an electronic product which can replace the conventional foamed polystyrene resin. The buffering material includes a paper panel of predetermined width and shape, which has a plurality of grooves in predetermined portions thereof to fix and support the electronic product and a plurality of ribs on both surfaces of the panel to buffer external impacts.

Abstract: A bottom wall is formed from a plurality of bottom panels having unjoined adjacent edges. Side walls are formed from a plurality of side panels. Each side panel is foldably joined along a bottom edge to one of the bottom wall panels. Reinforcing posts are formed in the side walls by sets of reinforcing post panels. Each set of reinforcing post panels has a plurality of post panels foldably joining one another and foldably joined between side wall panels adjacent the unjoined edges of the bottom panels. An end closure is formed at each end of the carton by end panels foldably joined to end edges of the bottom and side wall panels and secured in face-to-face overlapping relationship.

Abstract: A package for packaging a plurality of frangible items, such as windows, doors and the like, includes a plurality of separate items, which includes a plurality of slotted upper and lower pads, a top sheet, a bottom sheet and end caps which are assembled together to form a package around the items. The items are disposed within the package in a side-by-side, spaced configuration. The top and bottom sheets overlay the top and bottom edges of the items, respectively. The upper and lower pads are sandwiched between the top sheet and the top edges of the items and the bottom sheet and the bottom edges of the items, respectively. The end caps overlay the side edges of the items and a portion of the middle section of the items while remaining portions of the middle sections exposed to view. Stretchable plastic film is wrapped around the package.

Abstract: A package for holding a plurality of F-style containers, each having a generally rectangular cross section and a spout and an inverted U-shaped strap handle projecting from the top. The package comprises a box having a top, a bottom, and a sidewall therebetween. There is a bottom liner inside the box, adjacent the bottom. The bottom liner has a plurality of generally rectangular cutouts for receiving and retaining the bottoms of F-style containers. There is also a top liner inside the box, adjacent the top. The top liner comprising spaced apart upper and lower walls, the lower wall adapted to engage the tops of the containers held inside the box and having openings therein for receiving the spouts and handles of the containers held inside the box. The openings allow the spouts and handles of the containers to project into the space between the walls, to protect the spouts and handles, and secure the tops of the containers against lateral movement.

Abstract: A plastic container for handling, storing and shipping semiconductor wafers comprising a wafer carrier supporting the wafers and maintaining the wafers in spaced relation to each other, a plurality of rows of resiliently flexible tabs of progressively increasing and decreasing widths formed on the partially cylindrical top and bottom surfaces of the wafer carrier, the top and bottom surfaces formed of stiff but resiliently flexibly yieldable material, supporting ribs on the bottom surface extending longitudinally of the bottom and parallel to the rows thereon, the width of the tabs being shorter at the ends of the rows and wider in the middle to engage and maintain the edges of the wafers spaced from the top and bottom surfaces while allowing for flexing and bowing of the top and bottom surfaces from the pressure of the covers and weight of the wafers.

Abstract: Disclosed is a flat type pulp-molded cushioning material on which a number of raised portions are provided to serve as shock absorbers and a plurality of notches are provided at predetermined positions to allow said flat cushioning material to be folded along said notches to form a box-like means with a desired configuration corresponding to the shape of an article to be packed therein. The erected portions of the flat material can be suitably limited in place by the side walls of an outer packing container, which together with the fitly contact of the cushioning material with the packed article provide enhanced effect of cushioning. Moreover, the flat cushioning material can be molded more easily and can be more conveniently stored and transported at lower cost.

Abstract: A two-piece plastic dunnage is disclosed for use within containers for shipping or storing items in a preselected arrangement within a container. The preferred embodiment of the two-piece dunnage designed in accordance with this invention includes an essentially flat base member and a generally U-shaped support member that is slidably and removably coupled with the base member in a supporting position. The support member may be provided with a plurality of transverse slots which are adapted to nestingly receive at least a portion of the items that are to be maintained within the container in the preselected arrangement.

Abstract: A container for memory modules comprising a generally rectangular shape with a lid and tray with a multitude of finger-like protrusions forming vertical slots therebetween for receiving memory modules. The interior is formed such that a cavity may be created above and below the memory modules contained inside providing a buffer region, which protects the contents from damage when the exterior of the container is subjected to physical contact.

Abstract: A surgical endoscope head is protected against damage from impact during non-surgical handling and disinfecting procedures by inserting the head into a protective sleeve. The sleeve has sufficient rigidity to resist deformation from impact experienced during handling. The inserted head is spaced from the sleeve interior to permit free flow of disinfectant liquid about the head periphery. Additional protection may be provided by a sheath disposed concentrically within the sleeve and adapted to receive the protected endoscope head while providing for free flow of liquid around and along the head. The endoscope head is preferably gripped resiliently at the proximal end of the sleeve without blocking liquid flow through the open proximal end.

Abstract: A buffer device for packings, including at least one base unit, each base unit constructed of an elongated, channel-like base frame and two supporting frames joined by the base frame, the base frame being formed by folding up a punched cardboard and, having a rectangular horizontal bottom wall and two vertical side walls raised from two opposite long sides of the horizontal bottom walls, each supporting frame being formed by folding up a respective punched cardboard and having a vertical side wall and a side matched rectangular box, the vertical side wall of either supporting frame being top notched and engaged into a mounting slot at either end of the base frame to block up either open end of the base frame permitting the horizontal bottom wall of the base frame to be supported on the rectangular box of either supporting frame.

Abstract: A packaging for the protective sterile containment of a rigid product and, more particularly, a sealed container protectively enclosing the sterile product, such as a liquid-filled vial, during shipment and handling of the packaging, and upon opening of the packaging in a sterile environment; for instance, a surgical operating room, facilitating the sterile transfer of the product from the packaging into the sterile environment.

Abstract: Two embodiments of corrugated paper shipping boxes that can be knocked down into a flat form and in which a cradle support is also formed by corrugated paper for holding the shipped article away from the sides of the box. In one embodiment, the cradle is formed by extensions of the end flaps of the end walls of the box and in another embodiment, the cradle is formed as a separate assemblage also from corrugated paper and adapted to be folded into a flat configuration. This facilitates storage and disposal and eliminates the use of foamed plastic insert pieces.

Abstract: New molded pulp and molded fiber structures provide interior package cushioning to protect products shipped in a package. The molded pulp fiber interior package cushioning (IPC) structure defines a cavity for receiving and holding a product to be shipped. The IPC structure incorporates a plurality of structural ribs in the form of elongate hollow ridges molded in the IPC structure and extending between different locations for reinforcing the IPC structure between the locations. The IPC structure comprises intersecting ribs extending in at least two orthogonal directions or axes.

Abstract: A storage device including a lid and a plurality of shelf members, pivotally mounted to a frame member. The lid, the base, and the plurality of shelf members form pairs of opposed cooperating rack assemblies. Each pair of cooperating rack assemblies is adapted to hold articles stored in the storage device in an offset nesting relationship until use.

Abstract: A ridged, transparent, thermoplastic package for transporting substrate wafers is disclosed. The package includes elastomeric cushions which hold the substrate wafers in a manner which precludes them from becoming damaged during normal shipping and handling.

Abstract: A storage container for model railroad cars includes a pair of spaced apart foam cushions on the top and bottom of the container. The cushions compress and secure the railroad cars in fixed position in the storage container. The cushions are cut from a single piece of foam material.

Abstract: An apparatus providing a shock absorbant cap for a product, the cap having a base, a plurality of product positioning structures rising out of and around the edges of the base and defining a product cavity, and a plurality of resilient spring walls connected to the product positioning structures and extending downwardly and outwardly therefrom, the spring walls connecting each other at corners. Preferably, a product is placed in the product cavity and the cap is placed in a rigid container. Additionally, the spring walls may be concave or convex at their outer edges.

Abstract: A case for a disc cartridge comprises a cover, and a case body having the cover rotatably attached thereto and having on its bottom wall integrally formed a plurality of resilient hold members for resiliently holding a disc cartridge.

Abstract: A wafer basket having a detachable wafer press means on the back face of the top lid, which resilient press strips are bent and capable of temporarily changing the bent angles in response to external shocks such that the free end of each press strip at which each strip presses on the wafer stays immobile with respect to the edge of the wafer.