System and methods for packaging cables
OwnerSean P. Kellyinventor
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Abstract
In a cable packaging system and method a retainer within a container retains coiled cables in a preferred orientation, such as a vertical orientation, with the coil axis of the coiled cable directed longitudinally toward sidewalls of the container and a diameter line of a plane defined by the coil directed toward the top and bottom of the container. The retainer may include a resilient material, such as a foam material, to allow insertion of a coiled cable and return at least partially to a neutral, pre-insertion, position to thereby engage and retain the coiled cable.
Claims20
A packaging system, comprising:
- a container to hold coiled cables;
- a retainer to hold the coiled cables within the container, the retainer constructed and arranged to hold the coiled cables within the container in a predetermined orientation with respect to a bottom of the container, wherein the retainer comprises a resilient foam retention strip;
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- a retention element support configured to hold the retainer in a predetermined position relative to the bottom of the container, wherein the retention element support includes a plurality of vertical portions configured to matingly join the resilient foam retention strip of the retainer through support openings in the resilient foam retention strip.
A packaging system, comprising:
- a container including four sidewalls, a bottom and lid;
- a retainer, wherein the retainer comprises a plurality of retention strips each having retention openings;
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- a plurality of retention element supports, supporting the retention strips at a predetermined height above the bottom within the container, wherein the retention strips are composed of a resilient material and wherein a first retention strip and a second retention strip of the plurality of retention strips are in contact with opposing sidewalls of the container.
A method of packaging cables, comprising:
- providing a container including four sidewalls, a bottom and lid;
- providing a retainer, wherein the retainer comprises:
- a plurality of retention strips each having retention openings;
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- a plurality of retention element supports supporting the retention strips at a predetermined height above the bottom within the container, wherein the retention strips are composed of a resilient material and a first retention strip and a second retention strip of the plurality of retention strips are in contact with opposing sidewalls of the container;
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- providing coiled cables, the coiled cables inserted in pairs of retention openings in the retention strips, thereby retaining the coiled cables in an upright position relative to the bottom of the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.