Shock Protection Type (e.g., Free Fall) Patents (Class 206/521)
  • Publication number: 20140311934
    Abstract: The decorative and protective display case, for a fragile or expensive good(s) for example, typically a bottled liquid such as wine or spirits that not only provides adequate protection, but also provides a way to showcase or display an item of value. The generally tubular display material is circular or polygonal and made from materials that can withstand high levels of shock. The ends are fitted with caps that serve not only for decorative purposes, but also contain a shock absorber system or material that further isolates the good from shock or impact that helps prevent and/or limits breakage of the good.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventor: Robert Dale Beadles
  • Publication number: 20140291194
    Abstract: Disclosed are a packing buffer having enhanced manufacture efficiency, high strength, and eco-friendly properties and a manufacturing method thereof. The packing buffer includes reinforcement sheet provided at the exterior of the packing buffer for increase in strength of the packing buffer. Injection molding of the packing buffer is implemented in a state in which the reinforcement sheet is inserted in a mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicants: M KOREA CO., LTD., SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun Ho MOON, Suk Hwan Kim, Dong Hun Lee, Heon Kwon Jeong
  • Publication number: 20140262912
    Abstract: Provided is a protective case that can be installed with different replaceable impact absorbers according to various impact situations. The protective case has a housing and multiple impact absorbers. The housing has multiple corners, multiple receiving parts protruding from the corners, and a cavity to set up a portable electronic device. The impact absorbers are detachably mounted onto the receiving parts through multiple connection parts, and each impact absorber has a resilience ratio more than 40%. Various impact absorbers with different protection capabilities (e.g., impact absorbers with different thickness and resilience ratios) or different designs can be easily replaced and installed onto the common housing according to different impact situations or occasions, thereby the protective case can appropriately protect the portable electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventor: Chia-Yen LIN
  • Patent number: 8833560
    Abstract: A packing cushion includes a base and a plurality of sidewalls coupled to the base. An inner surface of one of the plurality of sidewalls defines at least one first protruding block. An inner surface of the base defines at least one second and third protruding blocks. Each of the at least one third protruding block protrudes from an end of the at least one second protruding block. The at least one first protruding block contacts with the object to act as a cushion in a first direction. The at least one third protruding block supports the object and is capable of cooperating with the at least one second protruding block to provide a second cushioning in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction for the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wan-Ling Shih
  • Patent number: 8833561
    Abstract: A device and method for improved electrical distribution load center packaging and shipping is described. The device of the present teachings a distribution load center, a load center trim assembly enclosure, end caps coupled thereto, and shrink wrap applied thereon. Any convenient shrink-wrap processing techniques may be used to practice the present disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Alan Samuelson, Marc Evan Schoonover
  • Publication number: 20140241754
    Abstract: A toner cartridge packaging having a non-planar top surface is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LP.
    Inventor: Scott K. Hymas
  • Patent number: 8800765
    Abstract: A package assembly includes a package member and a securing member. The package member includes a holding seat configured for holding an electronic device and a plurality of grasping portions extending from the holding seat for grasping the electronic device. The securing member includes an enclosing frame, attached to and surrounding the holding seat, and at least one resisting section, extending from the enclosing frame and adhered to the holding seat, and the securing member made from adhesive tap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Chen Ting, Chih-Hang Chao
  • Publication number: 20140216973
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a. protective case having elastically deformable air chambers for impact reduction, which is made of an elastically deformable material and includes at least four lateral walls and at least four outer curved walls each connecting adjacent lateral wails, such that the outer curved wails and the lateral walls jointly form and enclose a receiving space. When a portable electronic device is received in the receiving space, the inner sides of the lateral walls lie against the four lateral sides of the periphery of the portable electronic device respectively. Meanwhile, the outer curved walls correspond in position to the four corners of the portable electronic device respectively, but the inner sides of the outer curved walls are not in contact with the portable electronic device, so as to form the air chambers between the outer curved walls and the portable electronic device respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventor: Ke-Chang CHANG
  • Patent number: 8789698
    Abstract: The present invention provides a package box of liquid crystal glass, which includes a box body, a plurality of mounting sections arranged in the box body, and cushioning devices mounted to the mounting sections. The cushioning devices each include a cushioning section, a retention section connected to the cushioning section, and a projection. The mounting sections each include a first receiving channel and a through hole respectively corresponding to the retention section and the projection of the respective cushioning device. The retention sections are respectively received in the first receiving channels and the projections are respectively fit into the through hole so as to fix the cushioning devices inside the box body. The package box uses cushioning devices that are mounted inside a box in a snap-fitting manner so that the operation of assembling and disassembling the cushioning devices is simple, making it easy to re-work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yicheng Kuo, Shihhsiang Chen, Chengwen Que, Jiahe Cheng, Qinjun Shi, Jiaxin Li
  • Patent number: 8777002
    Abstract: A handheld device, such as a mobile phone, personal digital assistant (PDA), tablet computer, palmtop computer, or the like, can be protected from physical shock by being suspended within a multiple layer enclosure forming a protective case. The protective case includes an outer shell and an inner cushioning layer comprising one or more cushions. The cushions can be interlocked with opposing ends of the outer shell via an interlocking connection, so that the pieces of the cushion layer can be secured within the protective case. The cushions can cooperate to suspend the handheld device within the enclosure of the protective case and isolate the handheld device from the outer shell to protect the handheld device from physical shocks imparted to the outer shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Shark-Eye LLC
    Inventors: Thomas J. Lonsdale, II, David Council Benker
  • Patent number: 8763803
    Abstract: A packaged plumbing fixture includes a box, a plumbing fixture, and a packaging insert. The box comprises a plurality of generally vertical sides that are interconnected to cooperatively define a cavity for containing a plumbing fixture. The plurality of sides include a first side and a second side that are connected to opposite ends of a third side. The packaging insert includes first and second generally planar surfaces. The packaging insert is positioned within the cavity with each of the first and second generally planar surfaces arranged generally parallel with and proximate to one of the sides. A sum of angles between the third side and the first side and between the third side and the second side is greater than 180 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Peter W. Swart, Michael J. Pagel, Lawrence Duwell, Chad Jorgensen
  • Patent number: 8757384
    Abstract: Devices and methods for packing objects, including information handling systems and other types of electronic devices that may be implemented using a single piece and assembly-free packing device configuration that has one or more foldable and insertable buffer sections that are foldable to increase the overall strength of the packing device against external loads and shocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP.
    Inventors: Wai Kek Ooi, Hwa Bee Chuah
  • Publication number: 20140166526
    Abstract: A buckling type packaging structure for packaging an article (900) having two pairs of diagonal corners (91,92) includes two fasteners (1,2). Each fastener (1,2) includes an arm (11,21,31,32) and two buckles (12,22,311,321). Each of both ends of the arm (11,21,31,32) is formed with one buckle (12,22,311,321). Each buckle (12,22,311,321) has a concave trough (121, 221), and two concave troughs (121, 221) of each fastener (1,2) accommodate each pair of the diagonal corners (91,92) of the article (900). Each fastener (1,2) can flexibly buckle between each pair of the diagonal corners (91,92) of the article (900) by the two buckles (12,22,311,321).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: GOLDEN ARROW PRINTING, CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Chien-Kuan KUO, Chun-Huang HUANG
  • Publication number: 20140158578
    Abstract: A new and useful folding apparatus for the containment and transport of bottles which is lightweight, inexpensive to manufacture, stronger and more resilient than current shipping containers and is easily disassembled and compactly stored when not in use. The apparatus essentially comprises a flat rectangular sheet that is made of a rigid and lightweight material such as cardboard or foam core, is scored or creased along its length and exhibits multiple flaps cut into the sheet. The creases along the sheet allow folding during assembly and define panels along the sheet which become the sides of the container when assembled. In concert, the creases, panels, and flaps allow the user to fold the sheet into a three-dimensional prismatic container for transporting bottles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventor: Jason Varan
  • Patent number: 8739974
    Abstract: A mattress package having a barrier layer which encapsulates the entire mattress, two skid pads which cover and protect the top and bottom portion of the mattress, and two side trays which cover and protect the left and right sides of the mattress. The side trays cover a portion of the skid pads and the entire assembly is banded by two or more securing bands. Two or more handles are positioned on the front and back surfaces of the side trays on both the left and right sides. The handles provide grips for the mattress package to facilitate handling. The mattress package provides sufficient strength and protection to the mattress while utilizing a minimal amount of packaging materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Sealy Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Marshall TeVault, Todd M. Morgan, Steven W. Tyree
  • Patent number: 8727123
    Abstract: A packaging assembly structured to suspend an article within an exterior container and including first and second platforms each having a base with a window extending therethrough and a plurality of side portions extending about the periphery thereof. The side portions are movable into a transverse orientation relative to their respective bases and at least one flexible material bag is connected to the first platform and includes an access opening for a receipt of a packaged article into the bag. Peripheral portions of the bag are connected to the side portions of the first platform and movable therewith into a transverse orientation to facilitate tensioning of the bag and the enclosed article. The second platform is disposed in an inverted, retaining position within the exterior container and in confronting relation to the first platform so as to further tension the bag and the enclosed article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Inventor: Larry Roberts
  • Publication number: 20140131244
    Abstract: A case for an electronic device is provided including a sleeve sized and shaped to engage a housing of an electronic device, a bracket sized and shaped to engage the housing of the electronic device and to engage the sleeve; and a thermal pad sized and shaped to fit within the sleeve such that the thermal pad is held in contact with the electronic device when the electronic device is held within the sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC
    Inventor: Doyle Michael Chambers
  • Publication number: 20140116914
    Abstract: According to the invention, the box for packaging an object, comprising at least two upper edges, comprising: lateral walls, a delimiting bottom, with the lateral walls, an internal volume able to receive said object, and a moving cover in relation to at least one of said lateral walls, so as to be able to occupy at least one closed position and one open position, in which said receiving volume is respectively closed and open, characterized by the fact that the cover comprises, on its internal face oriented toward the receiving volume, at least two main flaps that are arranged opposite each other and that are designed to be applied respectively against the upper edges of said object, when the cover occupies the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: THOMSON LICENSING
    Inventors: Pierre-Marie Morin, Didier Caban, Jean-Marc Le Foulgoc
  • Patent number: 8708145
    Abstract: The present invention provides a package cushioning structure for module, which includes a cushioning bottom board and a cushioning band extending through and interlaced with the cushioning bottom board. The cushioning bottom board forms a plurality of spaced hollow sections. A bar is arranged between every two of the hollow sections. The cushioning band includes a plurality of cushioning air columns mounted thereto at interval. The cushioning air columns are arranged alternately on the bars. To package, modules are each positioned on and born by each of the bars between two of the cushioning air columns. An alternate package cushioning structure includes a cushioning bottom board having a surface forming slots and a cushioning band arranged in the cushioning bottom board through a mounting channel extending through the bottom board from a side surface thereof. Air columns of the cushioning band are located in the slots to support modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yicheng Kuo, Shihhsiang Chen, Gang Yu, Jiahe Cheng, Zhilin Zhao
  • Publication number: 20140102937
    Abstract: A liquid crystal module package box includes a box body, top and bottom lids coupled to top and bottom of the box body, a cushioning retention frame received in the box body, cushioning pads arranged at two sides of the cushioning retention frame, and a support unit arranged at a central portion of the box body. The cushioning retention frame includes two lower cushioning brackets and four upper cushioning brackets corresponding to the two lower cushioning brackets. The support unit includes two support boards. When liquid crystal modules are positioned on the lower cushioning brackets, every two of the upper cushioning brackets are set on the liquid crystal modules to correspond to each one of the lower cushioning brackets. The two support boards are retained between the two lower cushioning brackets to increase central compression strength of the liquid crystal module package box at the central portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Qinjun Shi
  • Publication number: 20140097117
    Abstract: A package device has a packaging box and shock-absorbing members. The packaging box accommodates a display device main body with an exterior case that accommodates a display unit having a flat display panel and a drive circuit block. The shock-absorbing members are accommodated inside the packaging box so as to be disposed between the display main body and the packaging box at a top center and/or a bottom center. The shock-absorbing has first panel supporting parts that support the exterior case, and second panel supporting parts positioned on a display surface side of the display panel. The second panel supporting parts extend toward a center of the display panel from the first panel supporting parts so that gaps are formed between the display panel and the packing box. The shock absorbing members can effectively prevent damages to the thin display device due to mechanical shocks received during transportation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motonari OGURA, Takayuki MICHIYASU, Hisatoshi SHIMOSE
  • Publication number: 20140091005
    Abstract: The present invention provides a package cushioning material for liquid crystal glass, which includes an air sack sheet and scratch protection layers arranged at contact sites of the air sack sheet with four corners of a piece of liquid crystal glass. The air sack sheet is formed by connecting a plurality of air sacks. The scratch protection layers are single-sided adhesive tapes or foamed PE cushioning materials. The package cushioning material for liquid crystal glass according to the present invention uses an air sack sheet as a basic material to be used in combination with scratch protection layers arranged at contact sites of the air sack sheet with the four corners of the liquid crystal glass so as to prevent the liquid crystal glass from scratching and breaking the air sacks thereby providing improved effect of cushioning and thus highly effective protection of the liquid crystal glass during transportation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectrics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuchun Hsiao, Yicheng Kuo, Yue Wu
  • Publication number: 20140078653
    Abstract: An enclosure of an electronic device includes a case and a cushion pad. The case includes a bottom plate defining a receiving slot and a cutout in communication with the receiving slot. The cushion pad includes a clasp block including a connecting portion and an engaging portion. The connecting portion is received in the receiving slot and the engaging portion is inserted through the cutout. The connecting portion slides in the receiving slot to misalign the engaging portion to the cutout and have the engaging portion engaging on the bottom plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventors: PO-CHING CHIANG, LUN-FENG LIAO, CHI-TSE SHIH
  • Publication number: 20140076767
    Abstract: An improved protective structure has a significant energy absorbing or dissipating capability. The protective structure is a composite article that is deformable to a certain extent for the protection of the human body and other objects wherein the protective structure of the invention absorbs significant energies associated with impacts and sudden movements. The protective structure includes a primary or outer container or vessel which is deformable and has an inner compartment which preferably includes a defined volume of an incompressible fluid. The volume of fluid also includes compressible or deformable hollow capsules distributed within the interior compartment, wherein the liquid serves as the interstitial medium which surrounds the capsules, wherein the hollow capsules are filled with a compressible gas. During impacts or sudden movements, forces are distributed from the outer container wall to the interstitial liquid which distributes the forces to the capsules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventor: Samuel S McFarland
  • Patent number: 8672131
    Abstract: Interchangeable packing apparatus (4) for aerogenerator blades (1) particularly versatile for different blade sizes and designs, and to meet the different legal requirements of various countries, but still having a low manufacturing cost and high capacity of supporting the heavy loads. The packing apparatus (4) comprises an external frame (9) and an internal frame (8) wherein the internal frame (8) comprises an structural mounting and at least damper member (10) for receiving one side of at least a portion of the aerogenerator blade (1) and wherein said internal frame (8) substantially supports the load of at least said portion of the aerogenerator blade (1) and wherein the internal frame (8) is selectively positionable relative to the external frame in at least two positions in order to receive different portions of the aerogenerator blade (1) relative to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Tecsis Tecnologia e Sistemas Avançados S.A.
    Inventors: Fabio Farani Nogueira, Bernard Rossire
  • Publication number: 20140061088
    Abstract: A pulp molded cushioning material includes a hollow fitting portion, into which an end portion of an article is fitted. The pulp molded cushioning material includes a main body, a cushioning portion, and a protrusion. The cushioning portion is integrally formed with the main body and protrudes in a first direction from a peripheral edge of the main body to form the fitting portion together with the main body. The protrusion is integrally formed with the main body and takes a first posture. The protrusion is changeable in posture from the first posture to a second posture. The first posture is a posture in which the protrusion protrudes in the first direction from the main body. The second posture is a posture in which the protrusion protrudes in a second direction across the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Toshiyuki NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20140061087
    Abstract: A protective shell applicable to a handheld electric apparatus includes a back plate and a supporting plate. The back plate has a fixing portion and a first figure layer disposed opposite to the handheld electric apparatus. The supporting plate has a second figure layer, a connecting portion and a bendable portion. The second figure layer is disposed on the supporting plate. The connecting portion is disposed on the supporting plate for connecting with the fixing portion. The bendable portion is disposed on the supporting plate. In a first state, the supporting plate is provided to shield the first figure layer and the second figure layer is revealed to form a first expression figure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventor: Tzu Jen MAO
  • Patent number: 8662379
    Abstract: A blank-folded box-shaped package includes a top, a bottom opposite the top, two opposite lateral walls (I) connecting the top and the bottom, two opposite ends walls (U) connecting the top and the bottom, and two opposite peripheral shock absorbing end zones (R). Each end zone (R) is defined by one of the opposite end walls and extensions of the top, bottom and two opposite lateral walls. Also, each end zone (R) defines an exposed cavity region with the end walls in a retracted position inwardly of the shock absorbing end zone (R) of doubled material. The package defines a package blank in an unfolded state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Packsize LLC
    Inventor: Niklas Pettersson
  • Patent number: 8662307
    Abstract: A one-piece thermoformed packaging cap for article shock-protection which has two elongate wings integrally hinged and have upstanding shoulders which define a channel that receives part of the article. Ridges and grooves run along the shoulders of each wing such that when the wings are folded abut each other, the ridges and grooves of one wing nest within those of the other wing and provide cushioning and lateral interlocking between the wings. Caps can have four wings and wrap the entire perimeter of the article and may incorporate a locking tab to secure the wrap. Alternatively, an assembly of partial wrap-components can be locked via flap-tabs. For locking, a projection of one wing enters into a recess of another wing, and a locking flap of the latter wing is folded and a projection of the flap is snapped into the reverse recess of the thermoformed projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Protective Packaging Systems Limited
    Inventor: Jeffrey Graham Pitt
  • Patent number: 8662303
    Abstract: A packaging box includes a box body having a bottom board, side boards, and bending flaps; and a cushioning material having a bottom surface section and side surface sections. A restrainer is formed at least one of the bending flaps, the restrainer having a portion that is separated from and opposes the bottom board when the portion of the restrainer is bent into an accommodation space of the box body. A restrain portion is formed at the side surface section of the cushioning material opposing the restrainer formed at the at least one of the bending flaps, the restrain portion having a portion that is positioned at a side of the bottom board so as to abut upon the portion of the restrainer and that opposes the portion of the restrainer when the cushioning material is fitted in the accommodation space of the box body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaaki Yoshida, Hiroshi Tsuyuki, Yasuhiro Minamidate, Hideki Yamamoto, Keigo Yamada
  • Publication number: 20140048441
    Abstract: A case for a mobile device includes a housing sized to receive the mobile device. The housing defines a plurality of corner portions, each corner portion includes an interior wall. The mobile device is spaced a distance from the interior wall of the corner portions when disposed within the housing. The housing includes a plurality of protrusions disposed along at least a portion of the interior wall, the protrusions are operable to space the mobile device a distance away from the interior wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: A.G. FINDINGS & MFG. CO., INC.
    Inventors: Fernando TAGES, Daniel ACERO, Harold Scot GORADESKY
  • Patent number: 8651278
    Abstract: A thermoformed packaging case has four wall-flanges which abut in ridge-within-groove nesting for interlocking and shock-absorbing closure of the case. Each edge has a pattern of ridges and grooves, and nesting of the edges of the flanges is enabled by a lateral shift in its ridge-groove pattern. Articles contained within the case are cushioned from shock by projections which protrude inwardly from inner surfaces of the walls to resiliently bear against the articles. Each buffer has a top surface surrounded by a valley and hump to provide shock-absorbing resilience. Locking of the case involves a flap hinged to a side-wall. To close a top-wall of the case onto the side-wall, projections of the top-wall enter recesses of the side-wall, and by folding the flap over to insert the projections into reverse recesses of the projections. The projections are snapped into recesses to effect triple-locking of the flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Protective Packaging Systems Limited
    Inventor: Jeffrey Graham Pitt
  • Publication number: 20140027337
    Abstract: The present invention relates to product packaging for electronic products. Specifically, the present invention relates to apparatus, systems and methods for packaging electronic products, comprising a first portion and a second portion, wherein when the first portion and the second portion are oriented in a first configuration, they form a first enclosing structure for a product, such as a first electronic product, and further wherein the first portion and the second portion, when oriented in a second configuration, form a second enclosing structure for a product, such as a second electronic product having a different shape or size from the first electronic product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventors: Joseph L. Marchetti, Ryan O'Connor
  • Publication number: 20140021084
    Abstract: A carton for holding a plurality of articles. The carton comprises a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carton and a plurality of end flaps respectively foldably connected to respective panels of the plurality of panels. The plurality of end flaps are at least partially overlapped with respect to one another to thereby at least partially form a closed end of the carton. The carton also can comprise at least one article protection flap foldably connected to at least one end flap of the plurality of end flaps for engaging at least one article of the plurality of articles. The at least one article protection flap extends from the closed end at least partially into the interior of the carton.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
    Inventor: John Murdick Holley, JR.
  • Patent number: 8623494
    Abstract: Disclosed is a protective cover for an electronic device that is made from an elastomeric material that simultaneously provides cushioning that would otherwise be provided by a softer, thicker material, while utilizing a single, denser material that provides a slim profile and has sufficient density to conform well to the electronic device and prevent the transmission of impacts with hard surfaces directly to the electronic device. Although a denser material is used for the protective cover, recesses are formed in thicker portions at impact points that create compressible ribs. The ribs provide softer, cushioned portions of the cover in the impact areas, which are capable of absorbing the shock and energy of impacts. Other protective covers have a uniform thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Otter Products, LLC
    Inventors: Curtis R. Richardson, Jamie L. Johnson, Alan V. Morine, Stephen Willes, Matthew M. Glanzer
  • Publication number: 20130341233
    Abstract: An improved protective case for portable electronic devices such as a tablet computer is described. The protective case comprises of a base, a cover that is pivotally connected to the base and is equipped with a pair of side panels that can be folded flat against the cover in a closed position and when extended in an open position can shield excess light from getting into the tablet computer that is housed within the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventor: John Dow
  • Publication number: 20130313151
    Abstract: An object to be packaged is positioned and secured on a set rack, and the set rack is placed on a buffer material provided on a bottom plate of an inner packaging cover. Right/left cover portions of the inner packaging cover are folded up at folding lines so that the inner packaging cover covers the set rack, and the set rack is placed on a bottom panel of the outer packaging case with the inner packaging cover therebetween. Thereafter, an open/close panel is slid along a guide groove formed on a side opening of the outer packaging case so as to close the side opening by the open/close panel, and an upper opening is covered by a top plate panel to thereby store the object to be packaged in the outer packaging case using the inner packaging cover and the set rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: HITACHI SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Jiro Takahashi, Hirohide Aoyama, Yasuhiro Ito, Hirofumi Akiyama
  • Patent number: 8594755
    Abstract: A mobile device case including a housing sized to retain a mobile device. A screen protector removeably engageable with a portion of the housing is included, the screen protector including an engagement element at least partially concealable insertable within a portion of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: A.G. Findings & Mfg. Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Fernando Tages, Alan Kleinman, Daniel Acero, Jorge Sotelo
  • Patent number: 8584881
    Abstract: A one piece reclosable container for circular cookies or other cookies or food articles having rounded edges that is easy to use, handle, stack, and/or transport. The container comprises a base and a lid hingedly secured together. The lid and bases define two rows of parallel tubular segments when the lid is in the closed position. Each tubular segment defines a plurality of receptacles configured to receive a plurality of the food articles arranged in a side-by-side manner. The base comprises a plurality of base receptacle members defining the receptacles. Each base receptacle member includes a plurality of base shock absorbers configured to maintain the cookies at an elevation when the container is resting on a surface. The lid comprises a plurality of lid shock absorbers and a plurality of lid receptacle members further defining the receptacles. The containers may also be stackable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignees: PAC International, Inc., Nutrigo SA DE CV, PAK West Paper & Packaging
    Inventor: José Antonio Rodriguez Hernández
  • Publication number: 20130292288
    Abstract: An add-on protective housing to improve protection of a portable electronic device. Certain embodiments include a hard external shell in the general conformation of the electronic device. The hard shell includes one or more aperture through which one or more control of the contained device may be operated. An energy distributing layer is disposed between the electronic device and the inner surface of the hard shell to space the device apart from the shell. Certain embodiments may provide fluid and/or dust resistance to the contained device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventor: W. Paul Willes
  • Publication number: 20130277263
    Abstract: The reusable packaging box includes a bottom unit that has a receiving space in which a product may be received, a lower body and an upper body that are provided to each have a box shape with open top and bottom to be coupled to a top of the bottom unit, and a lid that has a receiving space in which the product may be received and is coupled to the top of the upper body. Each of the bottom unit, the upper body and the lower body, and the lid is formed of a material that may absorb an impact and thus may perform both a function of absorbing an impact and a function of packaging an outside of the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Min JUNG, Hyeung Wook PARK, Jong Deok LIM, Yong Seok CHOI
  • Publication number: 20130270145
    Abstract: Provided is a packing material enabling easy transportation and manufacture, and having a shape configured to protect portions corresponding to corners of a gas storing section by supplying a gas or liquid. In a packing material 1 including a plate-shaped member 21 having a surface of thermal weldability, and a gas storing section 42 formed by thermally welding plastic film members 22 having thermal weldability and flexibility and configured to store a gas, the packing material has a planar section 40 formed by linearly thermally welding the plate-shaped member 21 and the plastic film member 22 to form the gas storing section 42 configured to store a gas, and a connecting section 50 bent by thermally welding the plate-shaped member 21 and the plastic film member 22, and is bent at the connecting section 50 to form a three-dimensional shape to store a material to be packed 90.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventor: Toshiko TAKENAKA
  • Publication number: 20130233754
    Abstract: A packaging case adapted for packing an article therein includes a fastening shell and a plurality of buffering elements. Each wall of the fastening shell defines at least one insertion hole. The buffering elements are dismountably inserted into the insertion holes of the fastening shell with tops thereof projecting out of the insertion holes. The fastening shell and the buffering elements are designed separately, so the buffering elements fully afford an external force struck on the buffering elements for effectively preventing cracks being caused between each buffering element and the fastening shell. Accordingly, the fastening shell is designed with a thinner thickness to lower a material cost and a transportation cost. Furthermore, the buffering elements assembled to the fastening shell are changeable to make the buffering elements dismountably inserted into the insertion holes properly and simply. So a better buffering function of the packaging case is realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Inventor: Chin-Te Liu
  • Patent number: 8528735
    Abstract: A transport frame for a nacelle/rotor hub unit of a wind turbine is provided, wherein the unit comprises a wind turbine nacelle and a wind turbine rotor hub mounted to the nacelle, the transport frame comprising a main beam for supporting the weight of the nacelle/rotor hub unit; first and second lateral stabilization elements; a holding fixture for fixing the nacelle/rotor hub unit to the transport frame; a first attachment point for a lifting appliance, the first attachment point being provided at a first end of the main beam; a second attachment point for the lifting appliance, the second attachment point being provided at the first lateral stabilization element; and a third attachment point for the lifting appliance, the third attachment point being provided at the second lateral stabilization element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Jacob Johannes Nies
  • Publication number: 20130220873
    Abstract: A carton for containing at least one article. The carton comprises a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carton. At least two end flaps are respectively foldably connected to respective panels of the plurality of panels. The at least two end flaps are at least partially overlapped with respect to one another to thereby at least partially form a closed end of the carton. At least one end flap of the at least two end flaps is connected to a respective panel of the plurality of panels by a connecting panel. The carton further comprises an article protection feature for protecting the at least one article. The article protection feature can be positioned on the connecting panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
    Inventor: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130220865
    Abstract: A protection case for receiving an electronic device. The protection case includes a receiving body for receiving the electronic device, a pair of winding mechanisms correspondingly set at two opposite sides of the receiving body, and a pair of belts correspondingly being wound on the winding mechanisms. The belts extend retractably out from the winding mechanisms to fasten the receiving body to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FU TAI HUA INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: FU TAI HUA INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
  • Publication number: 20130206633
    Abstract: A protective case for a mobile electronic device may comprise a first frame member, a second frame member, and a first lap joint configured for joining the first frame member to the second member. An aperture may extend through the first lap joint and a pin may be sized and configured for positioning within the aperture and locking the lap joint together. Additionally, an elastic material may be sized and configured for positioning between the pin and a wall defining a portion of the aperture, the elastic material being elastically compressed between the wall and the pin when the pin is positioned within the aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: Invisible Gadget Guard, Inc.
    Inventor: Gentry Jensen
  • Publication number: 20130199960
    Abstract: A protection cover with upright positionability includes a first board and a second board. The first board has a quadrilateral shape for mounting to a back side of an electronic device of a similar shape. The first board forms a fold line and is divided by the fold line into a stationary zone fixedly attached to the electronic device and a folding zone removably attached to the electronic device. The second board is connected to one edge of the folding zone. To position the electronic device in a substantially upright condition, the folding zone of the first board is separated from the electronic device and folded toward the back side of the electronic device to serve as a support to the electronic device positioned in the substantially upright condition. And adjusting folding angle of the folding zone may adjust the inclination angle of the electronic device that is positioned upright.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Inventor: KO-AN CHEN
  • Patent number: 8499934
    Abstract: There is provided a package structure for packing a flat display unit which improves workability in taking a flat display unit out of a packing box. A lower cushioning material which supports a display portion of the flat display unit from below has a manual insertion portion so that the display portion can be held at a portion close to a lifting person's body when the display portion is taken out of a lower part of the packing box. A reinforcing rib is provided on a front side of the lower cushioning material to prevent damage to the lower cushioning material due to a reduction in strength. To prevent the lower cushioning material from being taken out together with the display portion when the display portion is taken out, a recess is provided in the lower cushioning material so that the recess is caught on a bending portion in the lower part when the display portion is taken out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teppei Tanaka, Yutaka Yamada, Shuji Kato
  • Publication number: 20130180879
    Abstract: A case assembly for a portable device is provided that has a first sleeve member, a second sleeve member and a customized plate member. The first sleeve member is mated with the second sleeve member to encase the portable device. The customized plate member is configured and arranged to connect with the first sleeve member and the second sleeve member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: INNOVO DESIGNS, INC.
    Inventors: John O'Dowd, Canay Tulunay Riordan