Abstract: A transporting holding device for picture frames (4) or the like, preferably for installation in a transport crate (1), with several, preferably four, frame securing elements (3), further with two lengthwise adjustable guide devices (5) and two crosswise adjustable guide devices (6). The crosswise adjustable guide devices (6) are guided to be adjustable and able to be immobilized on the lengthwise adjustable guide devices (5), and the frame securing elements (3) are guided to be adjustable on the crosswise adjustable guide devices (6). A greater flexibility is created with such a transporting holding device because the frame securing elements (3) are embodied as a comer bracket for supporting a respective comer of the picture frame (4) and/or as a flat side bracket for supporting a respective part of the edge of the picture frame (4).

Abstract: A corner support post formed from a paperboard tube includes a substantially planar outer wall and an inner wall coextensive therewith and provided with a shoulder defined by a laterally turned portion of the inner wall. A compression accommodating bead is formed from the outer wall and extends into engagement with the inner wall between the shoulder and a first end wall extending between the outer and inner walls. A second end wall, opposed from the first end wall, extends between the outer and inner walls with the outer wall, from the shoulder, inclining toward the outer wall and terminating at the second end wall.

Abstract: An improved protective cover for palletized materials and a method for constructing and using the same. The protective cover is formed from two members, each having a substantially "L" shaped cross section comprising two legs or margins which meet at an edge. Material is removed from a portion of one margin of each member forming a notch in that margin. A crease is formed in the opposite margin of each member adjacent the notch. The members are pivotally connected near their ends with connectors. The connected members pivot at the connections and fold at the creases to form a substantially rectangular protective cover to be placed over a palletized stack of materials.

Abstract: A box for carrying and protecting a painting includes a primary panel and side and end panels connected to the primary panel and disposed orthogonally with respect to the primary panel. The panels are locked together to define a box interior for holding a painting. Pairs of engagement members located at the corners of the box project into the box interior and maintain the painting spaced from the primary panel and out of engagement with the primary panel. The box is formed from a unitary blank.

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 tote box made from a foldable corrugated plastic sheet blank is disclosed having block insert locking tabs to hold block inserts within the tote box secure against movement without use of any fasteners or adhesives. The block inserts are removable for subsequent reuse or replacement.

Abstract: A transporting holding device for picture frames (4) or the like, preferably for installation in a transport crate (1), with several, preferably four, frame securing elements (3), further with two lengthwise adjustable guide devices (5) and two crosswise adjustable guide devices (6). The crosswise adjustable guide devices (6) are guided to be adjustable and able to be immobilized on the lengthwise adjustable guide devices (5), and the frame securing elements (3) are guided to be adjustable on the crosswise adjustable guide devices (6). A greater flexibility is created with such a transporting holding device because the frame securing elements (3) are embodied as a corner bracket for supporting a respective corner of the picture frame (4) and/or as a flat side bracket for supporting a respective part of the edge of the picture frame (4).

Abstract: A unitary structure for packaging a shock sensitive article within a container is provided. The structure has a side flange adapted to contact a side end portion of the article and a number of sidewall structures disposed about the periphery of the flange which extend over the side end portion of the article to contactingly support the article. Each of the sidewalls cushions the article against shocks by having an outboard wall which operably and supportingly contacts the container and a bridge section integral with the inboard wall and the outboard wall to cushioningly space the outboard wall from the inboard wall. The structure also includes a crush depression integral to the flange, inward of the sidewall and generally extending away from the article to supportingly contact a lateral sidewall of the container thereby forming a cushion distance. The crush button is configured to absorb shock loading of the article directed generally toward the sidewall.

Abstract: A honeycomb protector for protecting the corners or edges of articles during shipping of such articles comprising a flat panel including first, second, third and fourth portions which are foldable to form the protector. In one embodiment, the fourth portion includes a finger which fits within a notch in the third portion for connecting the third and fourth portions together co-planarly when the protector is folded. The portions are preferably foldably connected to each other by crush slit scores. The crush slit score foldably connecting selected portions has a bevel angle in a preselected range providing a spring-biasing action between the selected portions when the panel is folded. The spring biasing action causes the finger to lock in the notch to assure that the protector does not unfold while the article is being packaged for shipment.

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: 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: The invention concerns a packaging for an object (4), where the packaging protectively encloses the object (4) on one surface and the adjacent other surfaces. The packaging displays the form of a flexible protective covering (1) open on one end, which can be slipped over object (4). In its edge and corner portions, protective covering (1) is to be provided with shock-absorbing fittings (3) of a predetermined thickness, so that these installations serve an alignment or adjustment function during application of the protective covering (1) to the object (4).

Abstract: Disclosed is a corner protector used for packing framed pictures, mirrors, and the like, the protector formed of a single block of expanded polystyrene-like lightweight material and having an upright and a horizontal external wall, spaced-apart parallel side walls, and a forward wall that inclines at 45.degree. to the upright and horizontal walls. A shaped cavity for receiving the corner of the framed article is provided in the inclined wall, the cavity characterized by a tiered structure of progressively wider slots.

Abstract: An apparatus for supporting an article in shock-isolating, spaced relation to the walls of a container is provided. A support wall and a plurality of lateral support members define a partial enclosure for receiving the article. Corner support members secure the support wall and the lateral support members in the configuration defining the enclosure. Spacer support members extend from the lateral support members to position the article receiving enclosure in spaced relation away from the walls, the top and the bottom of the container, to provide shock-isolation for protecting the article supported, capped and at least partially received by the apparatus.

Abstract: Packaging is provided for canisters of hazardous materials. The packaging includes a box and identical upper and lower cushions which isolate the canister within the box so that the canister is spaced from the walls of the box and prevented from moving within the box. The cushions include outer, middle, and inner portions which are hinged together to define three layers. The middle and inner portions each have a hole formed in the center thereof. The inner portion hole is slightly larger than the middle portion hole to accommodate lock rings which are used to maintain the canister lid closed. In one embodiment, the middle and inner portions each define knockouts which may be removed to enlarge the size of the respective holes. This allows for a single cushion to selectively be used with one of at least two canister sizes.

Abstract: An impact protector for securement to an edge of a fragile article, for example, a pen-based computer. The protector includes a pair of opposing support legs having support surfaces located thereon which prevent the computer-contacting walls of the protector from directly striking the ground if the computer is accidently dropped or jarred.

Abstract: Two or more pairs of packing spacers support objects within a shipping container in a floating arrangement that absorbs shock and vibration and protects the object from impact damage. Each packing spacer is comprised of rigid frames enclosed in stretchable membranes (22) which are held in position by collars (20) having off-center slots which form the frame assembly (18). These assemblies may be reversed or inverted in relation to each other thereby providing multiple spacing options to accommodate a variety of object shapes and sizes within a single size container.

Abstract: A one piece shroud combined with a stack and preferably a pallet. The shroud includes first and second central panels, first and third lateral panels on either side of the first central panel and second and fourth lateral panels on either side of the second central panel.

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: A high impact resistant package system 10 for a container of fragile products, such as X-ray cassettes, has a plurality of shock absorbing polyethylene plastic foam corner protector members 12 mounted on corner edges 14,16,20,22 of the container. Alternatively, a flexible material layer 50 overwraps the product container 18 and corner protector members 12, thereby forming a unitized package system. Portions of the corner protector members 12 extend beyond the corner edges 14,16,20,22 and sides of the container so as to fully absorb exposure to shock during handling and shipment. In an alternative embodiment, the flexible layer 50 is provided with a peelable strip 40. An end portion 42 of the strip 40 is allowed to extend through an aperture 44 formed in the flexible layer 50. In this embodiment, access to the container is gained by grasping the end portion 42 of strip 40 and pulling it away from the container 18.

Abstract: Parallelepipedal packaging containers, suitable for return transport, for wound-up magnetic recording media, produced from a one-part or multi-part blank having a bottom and top as well as side parts, which are joined to one another by means of foldable joining tabs and containing a hub support extending from the top to the bottom. The bottom and the top each have a circular central clearance through which a one-part or multi-part hollow-cylindrical hub support is inserted, onto which the wound media are fitted in a stackable manner. For assembly of the package from the folded-up state, the hub support has a locking snap-in device on at least one end face.

Abstract: In a case for holding and carrying a substrate such as a photomask, a case body comprises a top cover and a bottom cover, whose inner surfaces include inwardly extending protrusions integrally formed therewith. The protrusions are crowned with silicone caps to hold a substrate. The substrate within the case is at its four corners fixedly held from both sides by the silicone caps. The top and bottom covers also include at their inner surfaces a plurality of positioning projections designed to come into contact with the edges of the substrate to place the substrate in position in its surface direction. Then the top cover and the bottom cover are brought into engagement with each other and fastened together, thereby providing a case low in dust generating characteristics arising from vibration and capable of holding various sizes and thicknesses of the substrate.

Abstract: A unitary corrugated board insert for a bicycle shipping container. The insert is fashioned from a generally unitary blank of corrugated paperboard, with panels of the insert defined by vertically extending score or fold lines. One of the panels is provided on one of its surfaces with an adhesive. The insert is formed by folding the several panels about the fold lines so as to yield an insert in the general form of two vertically running channels or enclosures for parts which must be added by the consumer to complete the assembly of the bicycle. These two channels are joined by folding the blank and attaching its free left and right ends to that panel which has been provided with adhesive. The two channels store some of the components of the bicycle which must be added by the consumer to complete bicycle assembly.

Abstract: An insert for an outer package for a thermoformed blister package, wherein the blister package has an outwardly extending flange. The foldable insert is placed within the outer package so that the flange of a blister package is rigidly supported and the outer package has improved stiffness and resistance to flexing. The insert has a pair of hingingly connected members having a rectangular cross-section. A longitudinal based panel having a pair of opposed major and a pair of opposed minor sides is foldably connected to a first end panel along the minor sides of the base panel. A first longitudinal side panel is foldably connected to a first major side of a longitudinal base panel and an opposed second longitudinal side panel is foldably connected to the other major side of the longitudinal base panel. A first longitudinal cover panel is foldably connected to the first longitudinal base panel and an opposed longitudinal side panel is foldably connected to the second longitudinal side panel.

Abstract: The present invention provides an overlay for overlying an edge, corner, or other non-planar extent of an object. The overlay includes first and second longitudinal portions interconnected to one another to form an included angle of generally 90.degree.. The first longitudinal portion has a plurality of segments, each having opposite end walls which form channels between adjacent segments. Each channel extends from a front channel opening to a longitudinally offset rear channel opening. Due to the channels between the segments, the segments are free to move relative to one another as the overlay is manipulated to conform to the non-planar extent of the object to be protected. At least some partial overlap always obtains between adjacent pairs of the segments so that the overlay provides protection irrespective whether it is overlying a non-planar extent which is generally concave or generally convex in shape.

Abstract: An edge protector for protecting goods having at least one edge against damage of the edge by a strap wrapping the goods comprises a force-distributing member for distributing a force applied by a wrapping strap to goods wrapped by the strap in such a manner as to protect the edge from damage by the strap. A spring clip connected to the force-distributing member and engageable with the strap secures the edge protector to the strap. The clip comprises a proximal portion attached to the force-distributing member and a distal portion spaced apart from the proximal portion and adjacent to but detached from the distal portion.

Abstract: A container for shipping household appliances such as refrigerators, stoves, washers, dryers and the like comprises six separate pieces. The pieces include a top cap, a separate bottom support which may also be in the form of a cap and four separate corner posts which form the package the appliance is placed on or within the bottom support or cap. The four corner posts are then placed on the four corners of the appliance and the top cap is then placed over the appliance and the four corner posts. Two tensile straps are then fastened around the package. Each tensile strap passes around the top and bottom and along two of the corner posts. Optionally, where the package is of the BASILOID flange type a third strap may be passed horizontally around the top to provide the support for that flange.

Abstract: This invention is a tension and freely adjustable protective case for remote control units of electric or electronic products. It's a set of stretchable and contractable protective case that can be extended or reduced in height, width and length to cover the case of any remote control unit, regardless of its sizes and brands, so that the remote control unit would not be damaged by accidental collision (such as the drop to the floor) which may lead to abnormal operation due to mul-functioning of its internal circuitry.

Abstract: A cushioning corner pad is placed on the corners of furniture or the like to protect it during shipment. The corner pad is die-cut, prescored, and folded from a single piece of corrugated paper board to a three-dimensional form consisting of three connected triangular hollow cells which fit the corner of the article to be protected. The thickness of the cells, and thus the corner pad, is determined by sections which are perpendicular to, and sections diagonal to, the parallel sides of each of the connected cells when folded. The corner pad is thus hollow and fits over the corner of an artical with a cell adjacent to each side of the corner.

Abstract: Two or more packing spacers support an object within its shipping container in a floating arrangement that absorbs shocks, and flexion and torsion of the container due to shipping and handling loads. Each spacer is a structure with a frame-window covered with a flexible membrane of high tensile strength. The object is frictionally held between the membranes. The spacers are shaped and dimensioned to match the internal geometry of the container and to determine the space between the membranes occupied by the object. Spacers with large contact areas between their membranes and the object can hold and cushion objects of very high densities.

Abstract: A composite shipping container for packaging, heavy articles and appliances such kitchen ranges. The package includes upper and lower structures interconnected by hollow corner posts and wrapped with plastic film and strapping. The lower structure of the container includes a base member adapted to be attached to a lower portion of the article and bottom corner members attached to the corner posts and to the base members, but which are severable from each other to allow the temporary partial removal of the appliance from the package and its reinsertion without destroying the integrity of the package.

Abstract: A container for storing and shipping outboard motors horizontally. The motor attaches to an H-frame by screwing the bolts on the stern bracket to a cross bar. Vertical cleats attach to the sides of a corrugated paperboard carton, and the cleats guide the H-frame into the carton. A hold-down pad formed by folding a blank of corrugated paperboard having scores defining a plurality of panels attaches to an end wall and engages the skeg of the motor to restrict pivotable movement of the motor during shipping and handling.

Abstract: A seal protector for protecting material packed with metal strapping and a strapping seal from damage by the strapping seal and a method of forming the seal protector. The seal protector is formed from a piece of foldable crush resistant material into which an H-shaped cut is made. The cut forms flaps which fold over to contact the top surface of the material and are glued in that position, creating a seal protector with two different thickness levels and an opening.

Abstract: A separator of T-section made from a unitary roll of single faced corrugated paper, and a method and machine therefore.

Abstract: A mattress package includes a set of superimposed mattresses. A base receives aligned lower ends of the mattresses, while a cap receives upper ends of the mattresses. Wrapping of elastic material is spirally wound around lateral sides of the set of mattresses and compresses the mattresses.

Abstract: A support post for appliance packaging defined from a formed paperboard tube and including inner and outer walls with laterally directed stiffening beads formed from either wall and extending into free engagement with the opposite wall. The stiffening beads include opposed side panels with an integral apex portion therebetween. At least one side panel extends at an acute interior angle to the side from which the bead is formed for a generally lateral inclination of the bead to lie at least partially between planar portions of the inner and outer wall to form intermediate layers upon collapse of the inner and outer walls toward each other.

Abstract: An improvement is proposed in the assemblage of a cover-packing bult-up body for a magnetic hard-disc unit to be freed from the troubles caused by dusts or contamination of the gap space between the magnetic recording disc and the magnetic head as well as by the poor vibration-damping characteristics of the rubber packing between the covering member and the body of the casing. The improvement comprises, instead of using a pre-shaped rubber packing, the built-up body is assembled by using a curable liquid silicone rubber-based composition filled with fine hollow microspheres to form a packing on the surface of the covering member by the in situ curing of the composition applied thereto so that the rubbery packing layer has a spongy structure exhibiting good vibration-damping characteristics.

Abstract: Shipping/display units include a number of vertically stacked product-containing trays supporting upright dividers which maintain separation between the product containers. When in its shipping condition, the bottom-most tray is nestably received within a pallet skirt which rests upon a conventional wooden shipping pallet. Each tray is provided with an individual corner support member which extends between an adjacent pair of vertically separated trays. A corner post extending the entire height of the unit is positioned at each corner of the unit to provide additional structural support during shipping. To further enhance the aesthetic appeal of the display the pallet skirt may be reverse folded so as to lie against respective vertical sides of the pallet and is maintained in that position by cooperating locking tongues and slits formed in the pallet skirt side walls.

Abstract: A protective wrap for use in packaging and shipping includes a plurality of flexible material strips whose length and width may be varied as well as the selected material and a plurality of relatively rigid material strips whose length would typically be the same length as the flexible material strips but whose width will vary depending upon the application. A suitable material for the relatively rigid material strips is corrugated paper or expanded polystyrene foam. The flexible material strips and the relatively rigid material strips are arranged side by side in alternating sequence and when a backing layer is not used, the strips are joined to each other by adhesive. When a backing layer is used the strips may either be joined together by adhesive or joined by adhesive directly to the backing layer.

Abstract: An open-ended shipping container with locating, separator and riser pads and a container blank for forming such a container is disclosed. The container is especially suitable for packaging fragile and heavy articles such as toilet tanks and water containers, with or without covers and extended appendages for filling and drainage and with or without surface mounted control levers, in a single package.

Abstract: An improved corner post including a right angle paper member having a pair of right angle legs joined at an apex and a hard, dense right angle paper spine adhered to the apex of the paper member and including an adhesive such as a hot melt extending along the apex between the spine and the apex.

Abstract: A corner protector, which is formed entirely from paper honeycomb material, fits between the corner of a container and the corner of a relatively rigid object in the container and thereby positions the object within the container and protects it from impacts to which the container may be subjected. The corner protector, when in its assembled configuration, has at least three panels which are arranged perpendicular to each other. Being formed from paper honeycomb material, each panel has inner and outer facer sheets and honeycomb cells interposed between the facer sheets, with the axes of the cells being perpedicular to the facer sheets. The three panels share a common outer facer sheet, with the first and third panels being joined to the second panel along fold lines in that facer sheet. However, the inner facer sheets of the three panels are clearly distinguishable by reason of slit lines that separate them.

Abstract: Open-sided container apparatus includes a cap member having an internal divider wall forming pockets for receiving corner posts of L-shaped cross-section. The corner posts have bottom endwalls for cushioning the corners of an appliance. The cap and corner posts may be used separately, if desired.

Abstract: A unitary top frame device adapted for use with palletized goods is disclosed that is light in weight, durable, reversible, easy to manufacture and has a minimum number of parts is disclosed. The frame (10) has a substantially flat first surface (11) and a second surface (12) with a reinforcement structure projecting outwardly therefrom and includes a pair of side members (13), a pair of end members (14), a first cross member (15) a second cross member (15). The reinforcement structure of each of the members (13,14,15,16) includes a plurality of longitudinal ribs (21) and transverse ribs (22). Interposed between each of the members (13,14,15,16) is reinforcement element, being either a center (31), corner (32) first intermediate (33) or a second intermediate (34) reinforcement element. Each side member (13) and each end member (14) further includes a strap slot (61) for receiving a strap member (S).

Abstract: A foot assembly is disclosed which is attachable to a box in order to simulate a pallet. The foot assembly includes a base having a foot extending outwardly from one side of the base. The opposite side of the base is secured to a lower corner of the box. With one foot assembly attached to each lower corner of the box, the foot assemblies space the bottom of the box upwardly from the ground supporting surface thereby simulating a pallet.

Abstract: An adjustable cover is provided to protect articles loaded onto pallets for transportation or storage, the upper surface of the loaded articles being planar and rectangular. The cover has four cover components, each comprised of a semi-rigid sheet having a straight outer edge that attaches to a rigid angle member. The cover components are adapted to adjustably interleave upon the rectangular upper surface of the loaded articles in a manner whereby the angle members abut against the corners of the rectangular upper surface. The cover is placed in an intervening position between the load of articles and strapping bands which generally are employed to secure the load to the pallet.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for holding objects and protecting them from shocks and vibrations, formed of tubular sections made of a deformable material. The apparatus is adapted to be compressed and is capable of substantially resuming its dimensional and load carrying characteristics after several force applications. The apparatus is adapted to surround the object to be protected at least partially, directly or indirectly, and itself is then covered or surrounded by an external packing or packaging structure. Preferably, the tubular elements have, in cross-section, an outer contour and an inner contour, which may or may not be identical and which are chose from the group formed by circular, oblong and polygonal, curvilinear or rectilinear contours. In transverse cross-section, the central open area of the tubular element with respect to the total area, including the total area, is between 1% and 25%.

Abstract: A shipping container for an article includes a floor on which the article is placed, the top surface of which is elevated from the supporting surface upon which the container rests, by a fixed dimension. Four side structures surround the floor and a top panel contacts the side structures to form an enclosure for the article. One of the side structures has at least one flap that, when opened, permits a ramp, that is part of the side structure, in the form of an inclined plane, to be pivoted into position against the floor. The height of the inclined plane approximates the fixed dimension so that the article can be moved horizontally within the container and then down the ramp for removal. Reinstallation of the article into the container requires moving the article up the inclined plane, onto the floor of the container.

Abstract: A corner post including an elongated member of corrugated in a right angle and a sheet of solid fibreboard laminated to the outside surface of the angle. The solid fibreboard laminate has end flaps extending beyond the end of the corrugated which in packaging systems may be grasped for lifting of packaged articles and loads from the top or may be folded over on themselves forming an end section receivable in slots in the corner of a tray forming an integrated packaging system.

Abstract: An article stabilizing container apparatus for the envelopment and restraint of one or more non-uniformly shaped articles therewithin for the protection of the article during shipment. One or more inner article containment members encase and encircle the article, serving to suspend and restrain the article within an outer articulatable container, when the outer container is locked into its closed position. A portion of the one or more inner article containment members is restrainably attached to a portion of the outer articulatable container to further preclude front-to-back, up and down and side-to-side movement of the enclosed article.