US 10,870,524 B2Granted

Cushioning apparatus

AssigneesMaintek Computer (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., Pegatron Corporation

InventorsShi-Wang Zhang, Hsin-Chang Lu

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Abstract

A cushioning apparatus includes a first connecting block, a second connecting block, a first cushioning block, a second cushioning block, a third cushioning block, and a fourth cushioning block. An outer end portion of the first cushioning block is fixedly connected to the first connecting block. An outer end portion of the second cushioning block is fixedly connected to the second connecting block. A top surface of an outer end portion of the third cushioning block is connected to a top surface of the first connecting block in a flippable manner. A top surface of an outer end portion of the fourth cushioning block is connected to a top surface of the second connecting block in a flippable manner.

Claims8

Dependent claims

A cushioning apparatus, comprising:

a first connecting block;
a second connecting block;
at least one first cushioning block, an outer end portion of the first cushioning block being fixedly connected to the first connecting block;
at least one second cushioning block, an outer end portion of the second cushioning block being fixedly connected to the second connecting block, and a top surface of an inner end portion, away from the second connecting block, of the second cushioning block connected to a top surface of an inner end portion, away from the first connecting block, of the first cushioning block in a flippable manner;
at least one third cushioning block, a top surface of an outer end portion of the third cushioning block connected to a top surface of the first connecting block in a flippable manner;
and
at least one fourth cushioning block, a top surface of an outer end portion of the fourth cushioning block connected to a top surface of the second connecting block in a flippable manner, and a bottom surface of an inner end portion, away from the second connecting block, of the fourth cushioning block connected to a bottom surface of an inner end portion, away from the first connecting block, of the third cushioning block in a flippable manner,
wherein a first connecting edge is provided between an inner end surface of the inner end portion of the first cushioning block and an inner end surface of the inner end portion of the second cushioning block, and the first connecting edge is parallel to a direction, a second connecting edge is provided between an inner end surface of the inner end portion of the third cushioning block and an inner end surface of the inner end portion of the fourth cushioning block, and the second connecting edge is parallel to the direction, a third connecting edge is provided between an outer end surface of the outer end portion of the third cushioning block and the first connecting block, and the third connecting edge is parallel to the direction, and a fourth connecting edge is provided between an outer end surface of the outer end portion of the fourth cushioning block and the second connecting block, and the fourth connecting edge is parallel to the direction.

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A cushioning apparatus, comprising:

at least one cushioning unit having a bottom surface and a top surface opposite to each other and having a first lateral surface and a second lateral surface opposite to each other, the first lateral surface and the second lateral surface being both connected to the bottom surface and the top surface, and the cushioning unit further having:
a first cutting groove having a length extending between and parallel to the first and second lateral surfaces and having a depth extending from the bottom surface of the cushioning unit straight to the top surface of the cushioning unit;
a second cutting groove having a length extending from the first cutting groove straight to the second lateral surface and having a depth extending from the top surface of the cushioning unit and terminating prior to reaching the bottom surface of the cushioning unit;
a third cutting groove having a length extending from the first cutting groove straight to the first lateral surface and having a depth extending from the bottom surface of the cushioning unit and terminating prior to reaching the top surface of the cushioning unit;
a fourth cutting groove having a length extending from a first end portion of the first cutting groove straight to the second lateral surface and having a depth extending from the bottom surface of the cushioning unit and terminating prior to reaching the top surface of the cushioning unit;
and
a fifth cutting groove having a length extending from a second end portion of the first cutting groove opposite to the first end portion straight to the second lateral surface and having a depth extending from the bottom surface of the cushioning unit and terminating prior to reaching the top surface of the cushioning unit.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/245,340Filed 11 Jan 2019
Priority: CN 2018 1 009397431 Jan 2018
Published: US 2019/0233194 A11 Aug 2019
Granted: 22 Dec 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

B65D 81/057
Corner, edge or end protectors: protectors contacting four surfaces of the packaged article, e.g. four-sided corner protectors
B65D 81/058
Corner, edge or end protectors: protectors contacting five surfaces of the packaged article, e.g. five-sided end protectors
B65D 85/30
Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials: for articles particularly sensitive to damage…
B65D 81/113
Using blocks of shock-absorbing material: of a shape specially adapted to accommodate contents

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