Abstract: A rolled material handling arrangement characterized by at least a pair of flexible bases adapted to conform to the curvature of rolled sheet metal stock and support such for transport and/or storage. The bases each include downwardly extending anti-roll projections and a groove for receiving a tie strap which encircles the rolled stock and overlies a protective cover disposed around the outer diameter corner edge thereof. The arrangement permits on edge stock movement, i.e. along the flat surface of the sheet metal in contrast to the surface presented by the contiguous edges presented by successive layers of the roll.

Abstract: A robotic accessible wafer shipper assembly comprises a shipper base, a wafer carrier which supports the disks within the base, and a shipper cover which mates with the base and wafer carrier in latching attachment. The base, carrier and cover are provided with certain specific design features which allow them to be handled, as a completely assembled package, by its constituent components and is assembled and disassembled entirely by robotics.

Abstract: An impact skirt 16 for a radioactive waste material cask 10, each impact skirt fitting over the end of the cask and having portions 18 and 20 lapping the cask axially and radially, each skirt comprising a one piece, monolithic, member of a solid, soft, light metal material such as aluminum.

Abstract: There is described a protector for the corner of an article, the article at the corner having two substantially plane, usually parallel, faces and adjacent edge faces 22, 23, the protector having two spaced members 13, 14 to slide over respective ones of said faces and side wall members connecting the two spaced members for overlying the edge faces, the members defining a mouth to allow the protector to be applied to the corner, the side wall members having at least a portion 18 intermediate the spaced members adapted to resist movement of the spaced members towards or away from each other.Each side wall has confronting flanges 16, 19 connected by web 18 and parallel slots 9 are formed in the flanges, an L shaped web 30 connects webs 18 and provides central protection for the article corner. Corner junction 40 may be strengthened by a bead.

Abstract: Skeleton packs that are designed for compression loading where such packs are themselves to be grouped, as in pallet loads, having a base to receive the primary packages and a rear member to take vertical load.

Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide improved packaging for shipping and storing bags containing compressible material.Both a method and a package are disclosed. FIG. 3 shows an array of bags 12 compressed to the height of corrugated fiberboard sleeve 14. The sleeve 14 with the bags 12 therein is covered with a tightly-stretched film 18. All surfaces, except for end 26 and the end opposite to it, are covered with the film.The package enables shipment and storage of bags containing compressible material in unitized loads as shown in FIG. 5 with adequate protection using a minimum of packaging material, while solving the problems of leaning and uneven compression which would otherwise occur.

Abstract: A packaging wrap of a paper and shock absorbing material combination in which the lower layers are cut at specified distances from the edges of the wrap to form strips, while the uncut layer provides hinges about which the strips rotate until lying flat upon the uncut layer, where such strips are secured in position. Because the width of each strip is less than one-half the width of the wrap, a hollow gap is formed in which all or a portion of an article may be inserted. The flexibility of the wrap is increased by crimping the wrap along lines substantially perpendicular to the length of the wrap at intervals along the length of the wrap.

Abstract: A corrugated paperboard corner post as utilized for packaging in a shipping container is formed by folding over a portion of corrugated, the upper and lower portions of the corrugated being divided into three panels each by slit score lines extending the length of the corner post, and gluing the outer panels of the upper and lower portions together. The corner post is initially formed in a flattened configuration to facilitate its shipment and handling in bulk and may be quickly and easily re-configured into its operable orientation by pushing both edges together and causing the panels to fold about their score lines.

Abstract: An integral, elongated corner post for cushioning and protecting the edges of a packaged article. The corner post includes a core of single-face corrugated wrapped with one or more layers of a second sheet single-face corrugated with the flutes thereof being at a 90.degree. angle to the flutes of the core. The single-face wrapping encloses the core including its lengthwise edges with the flutes thereof being adhered to the face and the flutes of the single-face core. The outer surface of the corner post is smooth with rounded lengthwise edges providing cushioning of the edges of the packaged article.

Abstract: A packing structure for packing an article in a packing box includes a belt-like attaching member provided with a handle. The attaching member is wound around the article. By gripping and pulling the handle the article can easily be taken out from the packing box, without damage to the article.

Abstract: A variable volume package made from two identical or nearly identical package halves is provided. The package has integral corner posts for stack strength which are formed as the package halves are erected from blanks. The package can be used for a class of articles having two orthogonal dimensions substantially constant among articles in the class, with a third orthogonal dimension varying, by providing overlapping flaps having a length at least equal to one-half the maximum length of the third dimension and at most equal to the minimum length of the third dimension.

Abstract: Moulded fibre protectors for rectangular edges or corners of articles and having convergent ribbed and grooved walls contacting surfaces of the articles adjacent the edge or corner, the walls being joined by hollow ridges so that the walls of the article converge within channels inside the ridges, or within a convergence of the channels in the case of a corner protector, are improved by arranging the ribbing of the walls so that the hollow ridges adjacent the convergence of the walls are provided with maximum support by internal primary land portions on the protector walls which are uninterrupted by grooves formed on the inner surface of these walls. These primary land portions are divided from remaining land portions by primary grooves extending generally parallel to those edges of the protector walls remote from the convergence.

Abstract: A package for containing relatively long and relatively heavy rolls of polymeric film or the like comprising a container of a predetermined size and shape made of corrugated paper board or similar inexpensive materials with one or more fillets of a predetermined size and shape made of corrugated paper board, Styrofoam, foamed plastic or the like suitably affixed to the container at an appropriate place so as to provide a package which has the shape of a rectangular box and has vertical integrity when a plurality of the containers are stacked one upon the other.The container may be a rectangularly shaped box or hollow hexahedron with fillets affixed to the internal surfaces thereof, a tubular shaped cylinder with fillets affixed to the exterior surface thereof or alternatively a triangularly shaped box or hollow pentahedron.

Abstract: A structurally self supporting shipping package adapted for use with mechanical handling equipment. The package may be embodied as a base or as a unitary carton formed by bending a single sheet of material such as fiberboard. The package includes a horizontal panel elevated by adjacent upward facing rectangular channels. Flaps formed at the ends of the channels engage rails formed along the sides of the panel, to transfer shear stress away from the channels and towards the rails. The rails may be assisted by flaps formed adjacent their connection to the panel. The package may be further strengthened if certain portions are formed by placing multiple thicknesses of material adjacent each other. The structurally self-supporting package allows accommodation of a variety of oddly shaped items. Package assembly may be expedited if the rails are formed in sections.

Abstract: A stackable edge protector for use in packaging. A multi-ply fibreboard construction having a right angle cross-section with sufficient length to extend along the edge of the product to be protected. Adhesive pads facing inwardly on the construction removably secure the edge protector to the product. Outwardly opening recesses located on the outer surface of the main body nestably receive the adhesive pads of an identical edge protector when stacked thereatop. The recesses are larger in size than the adhesive pads preventing stacked edge protectors from adhering together.

Abstract: A packaging wrap of a paper and shock absorbing material combination in which the lower layers are cut at specified distances from the edges of the wrap to form strips, while the uncut layer provides hinges about which the strips rotate until lying flat upon the uncut layer, where such strips are secured in position. Because the width of each strip is less than one-half the width of the wrap, a hollow gap is formed in which all or a portion of an article may be inserted.

Abstract: A packaging and shipping assembly (12) is provided for a basketball rim (4), backboard (6), pole (8) and extension arm (10) all in one relatively flat outer carton (14) having a length and width approximately the same as the backboard (6). The pole is provided in three sections (16, 18 and 20). A first subassembly (40, 42) retains two of the pole sections (16 and 20) side-by-side in parallel along one side of the outer carton (14). A second subassembly retains the third pole section (18) and the extension arm (10) side-by-side in parallel along the opposite side of the outer carton (14). A third subassembly retains the rim (4) and mounting hardware within the outer carton (14) between the other two subassemblies. The backboard (6) lies flat over the subassemblies within the outer carton (14).

Abstract: A shipping base for elevating the bottom of a load to provide an entry slot for a mechanical lifting device. Cardboard is cut and folded to form a horizontal panel integrally connected to upward-facing rectangular channels along opposing panel edges. Polystyrene shipping pads are inserted in the channels for supporting the weight of an item to be shipped and partially encapsulating the item.

Abstract: A rectangular or square shipping package or wrapper for a picture frame, mirror, or the like, having four corner protective forming elements is made from a one-piece, die-cut blank of corrugated board, paperboard or fiberboard with the corner protectors being defined by four, multi-paneled, fold-out flaps capable of capture from the confines of the blank and foldable into a plurality of corner protective pockets, each of the flaps being located in a separate quadrant of the blank.

Abstract: A packaged replacement window includes a rectangular carton and two wood window sash, one overlying the other, within the carton. In addition, the packaged window includes two jamb weatherstrip and balance assemblies which are folded intermediate their ends and lie along the side walls of the carton outwardly from the side edges of the sash. The jamb weatherstrip and balance assemblies when removed from the carton will open to a straight condition, and in that condition the jamb weatherstrip and balance assemblies may be installed along the sides of a window opening where the sash may be engaged with them. A lid fits over the carton to completely enclose the sash and the jamb weatherstrip and balance assemblies that are within the carton. All the components necessary to install the replacement window are contained within the package which is easily stored, transported, and otherwise handled.

Abstract: A carton for packaging a clamshell type luminaire comprising a paperboard box of a height accommodating the luminaire lengthwise and having a square cross-section in which the luminaire with refractor dismounted is accommodated diagonally. A diagonal locking panel filler has a face portion pressing against the rear portion of the humped bottom side of the luminaire to wedge its top side into a corner of the carton. The face portion has attached wings or side panels erected to form a right angle corner support conforming to the interior of the carton and transmitting to the carton walls the load created by the weight of the luminaire.

Abstract: An ammunition storage system includes a plurality of like containers each having two internal compartments for receiving two rounds of ammunition in side-by-side relationship, the upper and lower faces of each container being formed with complementary nesting elements permitting a plurality of like containers to be stacked in nested relationship and secured together to form a multi-layer honeycomb construction for a plurality of ammunition rounds. Each container is constructed with an outer rigid plastic housing, an inner liner for each compartment, and a cushioning body of foamed plastics material surrounding each of the liners.

Abstract: A three-component tray-type packaging unit for semiconductor wafers, compatible with automatic equipment, includes a wafer carrier enclosed between a tub-shaped lower portion for receiving the wafer carrier and a matching lid. The wafers are fixed at four contact points-namely, in the wafer carrier by two rows of spring tongues arranged tangentially with respect to the wafer, and in the matching lid by two rows of inwardly projecting retention cones.

Abstract: There is disclosed a plastic bead protector and a method of packaging large tires having bead portions that are susceptible to damage by lifting hooks or fork trucks during shipment. The bead protectors are slideably inserted inside of the bead portions of a tire and are retained in position by a plurality of elastic tension members.

Abstract: A double wall corrugated bulk material shipping container is provided with a dispensing opening in the depending end portion of one of its walls. Intersecting edge surfaces of the wall forming the dispensing opening are formed on a radius to prevent rupture of the container wall by the mass of contained bulk material when the opening is uncovered. The opening is covered and the container wall surface surrounding the opening is shielded from contamination during shipping or storage by a removable door cover overlapping the container wall having the opening and adjacent surfaces of adjoining walls. The door cover is maintained in place by container surrounding bands.

Abstract: A support pad formed from a pair of corresponding horizontal vertically spaced rectangular blanks each divided by a pair of parallel fold lines into a center panel and a pair of side wall panels. In one embodiment, the blanks are joined by a pair of spacer members adhesively bonded between corresponding side wall panels of the blanks. The center panel of one blank contains a line of severance parallel with the fold lines, and cut out portions on opposite sides of the line of severance that define sets of corresponding dovetail projections and grooves.

Abstract: A corner protector preferably of corrugated box board material is disclosed for ready application to the corners of an article to be shipped, such as a piece of furniture, in which the corner protectors are shipped in a flat, knocked-down configuration. The corner protector is readily assembled into its three-dimensional form so as to fit over the three intersecting planes of the article at its corners, to have a predetermined thickness so as to protect the corners of the article during shipping, and to maintain a desired spacing between the outer faces of the corner protectors and the inner faces of the shipping carton in which the article is contained.

Abstract: Container package for transporting a plurality of silicon wafers for shipment as well as preventing contamination thereof. The wafer container package includes a wafer cassette having two sides, a configured end, and an H bar end including an upper and lower ramp support with the bar being reinforced by a partially cylindrical rod; a package bottom including four sides, an edge surrounding the sides, hook latches, four internal side dividing members and a flat bottom; and a package top including four sides, a lip to encompass the edge, configured independent opposing flexible grooved members, and recessed top surface for stacking where the cassette is positioned by internal side dividers in the package tops and bottoms for secure placement.

Abstract: A buffer device for an elevator employs, as a buffer member, a foamed plastic material such as polyurethane foam which undergoes very little permanent deformation upon receipt of an impact. The foamed plastic material is accommodated in a box made of a thin non-combustible material, and a heat-insulating material is disposed between the box and the buffer member in the box.

Abstract: An interior core protector for protecting the interior of a coil of material, e.g., coiled sheet steel, from damage is disclosed. The core protector includes a pair of overlapping formed angular paperboard members each having a series of spaced die cuts in one leg thereof permitting the angular members to be bent to conform to the inner diameter of the coil. The cuts in one leg are offset from the cuts in the other leg such that when the protector is bent for placement in the interior core of the coil and the width of the cuts increases, a paperboard segment of one member nevertheless overlies the cut in the other to provide protection for the material about the full circumference of the interior core. The core protector is characterized in part by economies of materials used, economic use of such materials, and economies of shipment.

Abstract: A one-piece collapsible paperboard container having internal panels which may be folded in alternate positions to accommodate varying the inner dimensions of the container for the packaging of articles of varying sizes.

Abstract: A corner protector is provided for insertion between a shipping container and a packaged article generally at points likely to be impacted during shipping and storage to prevent or reduce damage caused to the article. The protector includes an inexpensive and lightweight outer shell which provides adequate cushioning for the packaged article against many types of compressive loads, and an impact resistant inner plug which is more pliable and has higher structural integrity than the shell. In one form, the shell is preferably constructed of an expanded polystyrene material having an inner tapered aperture, and the plug is preferably constructed of a molded polyethylene copolymer. The plug seats within the aperture and cooperates with the shell to form a tetrahedrally shaped corner protector having the plug at the apex to absorb an impact directed toward the protected corner of the article if the container is dropped or mishandled.

Abstract: A packaging system for an appliance which includes a planar bottom board fastened to the appliance base and dimensioned and configured to provide a horizontal lip which projects outwardly beyond the appliance base perimeter, a container sleeve surrounding the appliance and snugly embracing the bottom board perimeter, and a tubular corner post sandwiched between each vertical corner edge of the appliance and the associated vertical internal corner of the sleeve and overlying and supported by the bottom board lip. To prevent a substantial reduction in the resistance of the corner post to compressive loading applied longitudinally thereto when containerized appliances are stacked, the corner post outer wall is provided, in at least the region adjacent the bottom board, with a vertically disposed indentation or bead.

Abstract: An elongated tube of convoluted fiber-containing sheet material, in which the fibers extend predominantly longitudinally and the convolutions are bonded together with a hardenable bonding material, which is flattened to provide at least a pair of opposed spaced parallel walls having longitudinally-extending grooves, beads, or indentations to provide enhanced support in terms of improved resistance to longitudinally-directed compressive loads, and enhanced cushioning in terms of improved resistance to transversely directed forces.

Abstract: A multi-product merchandising package comprises a base pad having a plurality of products situated thereon covered by a heat shrunk film overwrap. The base pad is prepared from a combination of at least one sheet of single wall corrugated paperboard bonded to at least one sheet of single face corrugated paperboard in such a manner that the corrugated surface of the single face sheet faces upwardly. The corrugated surface of the single face sheet is selectively embossed in a pattern that corresponds to the size and shape of the products situated thereon for positioning and retaining the products on the base pad. The heat shrunk film conforms to the shape of the products and base pad to form a compact unit package. Where desired, base pads may be positioned at both the top and bottom of the packaged products.

Abstract: Container package for transporting a plurality of silicon wafers for shipment as well as preventing contamination thereof. The container wafer package includes a cassette having two sides, an end, and an H-bar including an upper ramp support and a lower round support with the bar being reinforced by a partially cylindrical rod, a package bottom including four sides, a female trough surrounding the sides, hook latches, four internal side dividing members, and orthogonal feet for stacking; and the package top including four sides, a male trough to mate with the female trough, configured independent flexible grooved fingers, and orthogonal feet for stacking where the cassette is positioned by internal side dividers in the top and bottom packages for secure placement.

Abstract: A corner pad for protection of crated objects, such as appliances, furniture or the like, is formed from an integral blank of corrugated paperboard. The pad has multiple-ply walls and a multiple-ply base including two leg formations joined to form a generally L-shaped structure. One of the legs has a mitered base panel which includes a tip formed by the intersection of the mitered edge with another edge of the panel, and the tip is releasably compressed by coplanar engagement with a base panel in the other leg formation to releasably self-lock the engagement of the panels within the corner configuration.Self-locking pads having particular corner configurations comprising wall angles of 120 or 150 degrees can be conveniently erected from single-piece blanks in two preferred embodiments.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to edge protectors. More particularly, the present invention relates to a temporary protector for an edge of an article and a method of making edge protectors. In a preferred embodiment, the edge protector according to the present invention includes a first part having a scoring line. The scoring line extends from first to second edges of the first part and from a first side surface of the part substantially to a second side surface. A pliable film is applied to the second side surface of the first part for permitting flexing of the first part along the scoring line. A second part includes a recess in a first side surface sized to substantially encase a portion of the first part extending generally perpendicularly from the scoring line. The portion of the first part is secured within the recess in the second part.

Abstract: An improved corner pad is provided which is adapted to be applied to a corner of a cubic or rectangular parallelopipedal article, for example, a speaker box or the like for the purpose of protecting the corner of the article in packaging it into a packing box such as a corrugated cardboard box or the like for transporting or storing it.

Abstract: A corner post made of folded corrugated paperboard is inserted into the corner areas of cartons containing, for example, large appliances, such as stoves, refrigerators, washing machines, or the like. The corner post is a multi ply device which ensures that there will be adequate space between the appliance and the carton wall, and which provides strength for the carton so that multiple filled cartons can be stacked on top of each other. The post is provided with fold lines which are made up of alternating cuts and scores to provide for easy folding of the post. The post is machine folded and glued to a flattened form which is suitable for bulk shipment. The post is easily transformed from the flattened to the erected form and inserted into the corner areas of the cartons.

Abstract: A one-piece corner protecting device formed of foldable paperboard for use within an outer package.

Abstract: A blank which is scored and cut so that it may be folded into a corner protector. A blank is scored to provide a series of side, bottom and top panels. There are aligned apertures in the side panels which allow a blank to be bent to form a pair of angularly aligned elements.

Abstract: A pad for protection of crated objects, such as appliances, furniture or the like is formed from an integral blank of corrugated paperboard. In one embodiment, a corner pad can be formed having multiple-ply walls and a multiple-ply base including two leg formations joined to form an L-shaped structure in which one of the leg formations includes a wedge or tongue which is inserted between adjacent plies of the second leg formation to achieve self-locking of the corner pad.In a second embodiment, the same blank can be assembled into an edge protective pad.

Abstract: A corrugated, one-piece, die-cut packing pad for insertion into opposite sides of a shipping carton for cushioning and supporting a device transported in the carton and spacing and precluding movement of the device relative to the sidewalls of the carton. The pad has a central, substantially solid front panel inserted between the transported device and a sidewall of the carton and a plurality of relatively pivotable, upright, hinged posts attached to opposite side edges of the front panel which when folded relative to each other in accordian style contact the sidewalls of the carton and serve to clamp the device between the front panels of the pads inserted between the opposite sidewalls of the carton and the device. A top panel is hinged to spaced portions of the top of the front panel and foldable 90.degree. relative thereto to overlie the device during shipment to provide cushioning for the top of the device during shipment.

Abstract: A container for shipping automotive windshields in a generally vertical position has a pair of spaced logs mounted on the base. Each of the logs has an elongated member having an adhesive strip on a longitudinally extending sheet edge supporting surface and a row of recesses on each side of the strip. The windshields are urged toward the adhesive strip and held in continuous contact therewith by a spacer assembly and strap to prevent longitudinal and lateral motion of the windshields during shipment of the loaded container. The spacer assembly includes a plurality of spacers each having a recess for receiving upper edge portions of the loaded windshield and a tab portion or second recess for aligning each of the spacers by an elongated member. The windshields are secured in the container and continuously biased against the adhesive strip by the strap.

Abstract: A container preferably supporting a sealed beam headlight in which a pair of opposite flaps at each end are each provided with a short flap extending partially across each of the original flaps and secured thereto. The short adhesive flaps in turn have a longer flap attached thereto wherein the sum of the lengths of the longer flap and the short adhesive flap is greater than that of the first flap so that when the first flap is folded into closed position, the additional flap connected to the adhesive flap necessarily moves down into a diagonal relationship between the closing flap and the inside of the side wall. This structure is repeated on both sides at both ends. The diagonal flaps cushion the headlight. Each of the diagonal flaps in turn has a further flap which in the closed condition of the container extends along the inside of the side wall.

Abstract: A load spacer or support constructed of laminated paper and adhesive material to form a generally "W" shape load spacer or support having a full depth slot throughout the length thereof to accept a tie strap and two trapezoidal shaped hollow load cells defining the slot with the load cells being interconnected by a top sheet or panel having depending flanges along each side edge thereof overlapping and secured to the outer surfaces of the load cells which provides a tension force in a horizontal plane to counteract deformation of the cells under compression. The load spacer, support or batten may be employed in various orientations with respect to stacks of flat sheets of material, such as wall board, panelling, particle board, and the like, and replaces conventional employed solid wood pieces, such as a 2".times.4" wood member having a slot milled into one surface thereof to accommodate the tie strap.

Abstract: A support column for carrying a plurality of TV panels in a stack, wherein each column has spaced axial niches for receiving and supporting the corners of the panels therein.

Abstract: A packaging structure for an article of furniture such as an end frame of a bed is disclosed.

Abstract: A shipping carton assembly for automobile taillight assemblies. The assemblies are enclosed in cartons and two cartons are stacked on a pallet. There are two tiers of assemblies in each carton and each tier may support, for example, eight taillight assemblies. The assemblies are arranged parallel to each other with each of the ends of the assemblies resting on two parallel laterally-spaced boards; two second boards rest on top of the ends of the assemblies and the ends of the second tier of taillight assemblies rest on the second boards. Two third boards rest on the top of the ends of the second tier of taillight assemblies and the entire arrangement of the first tier and second tier are disposed in the carton.