Reusable transport packaging
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsAaron R. Cox, ZhenDe Fu, Lei R. Li
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Abstract
Transportation packaging may be used to ship or transport a product, such as an electronic device. The transportation packaging may be reused subsequent to the transport of the product by removing a shape defined by a pattern included on the transportation packaging, assembling or altering a portion of the removed pattern, and engaging the assembled pattern with the product. In a particular embodiment, the assembled pattern may provide a usability surface for at least one peripheral device to be used with the electronic device.
Claims20
A method of providing the reuse of transportation packaging for the transport of an electronic device, the method comprising:
- providing a pattern on at least one surface of the transportation packaging, the pattern defining a portion of the transportation packaging to be removed from the transportation packaging and assembled, the assembled pattern comprising a first portion that engages with a first side of the electronic device and a second portion that engages with a second side of the electronic device.
Transportation packaging for transporting an electronic device comprising:
- a pattern on at least one surface of the transportation packaging that defines a portion of the transportation package to be removed and assembled subsequent to the transport of the electronic device, the assembled pattern comprising a first portion that engages with a first side of the electronic device and a second portion that engages with a second side of the electronic device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.