Reconfigurable packaging and corresponding blank
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsSachin R. Gayakwad, Tushar A. Kalbande, Jessica Lea Kormanik, Renuka D. Niphadkar
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Abstract
Reconfigurable packaging for a cooking appliance includes a base including a base panel defining lower wing slots and opposing sidewalls extending from the base panel. The base defines a storage cavity. A cover is coupled to the base and configured to enclose the storage cavity. The cover includes a cover panel defining upper wing slots, a first side wing extending from a first side of the cover panel, and a second side wing extending from a second side of the cover panel. The first side wing and the second side wing are operable between a first folded position engaging the upper wing slots and a second folded position engaging the lower wing slots.
Claims20
Packaged appliances, comprising:
- a first cooking appliance defining a first cooking cavity of a first size;
- a second cooking appliance defining a second cooking cavity of a second size, the second size being less than the first size, wherein each of the first cooking appliance and the second cooking appliance includes:
- a first sidewall with first rack supports coupled thereto;
- and
- a second sidewall with second rack supports coupled thereto;
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- reconfigurable packaging defining a storage cavity, wherein the reconfigurable packaging includes:
- a base defining lower wing slots;
- a cover coupled to the base and defining upper wing slots;
- a first side wing extending from the cover in a first direction;
- and
- a second side wing extending from the cover in a second direction, wherein the first side wing and the second side wing are operable between a first folded position engaging the upper wing slots and a second folded position engaging the lower wing slots, wherein the first and second side wings are disposed in the first folded position to define a first width to be positioned within the first cooking cavity and in the second folded position to define a second lesser width to be positioned within the second cooking cavity.
A packaged appliance assembly, comprising:
- at least one cooking appliance;
- reconfigurable packaging defining a storage cavity and positioned within the at least one cooking appliance, wherein the reconfigurable packaging includes:
- a base defining lower wing slots;
- a cover coupled to the base and defining upper wing slots;
- a first side wing extending from the cover in a first direction;
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- a second side wing extending from the cover in a second direction, wherein the first side wing and the second side wing are operable between a first folded position engaging the upper wing slots and a second folded position engaging the lower wing slots based on a size of the at least one cooking appliance;
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- an appliance accessory disposed within the storage cavity.
A packaged appliance, comprising:
- a body defining a cavity between a first sidewall and a second sidewall;
- reconfigurable packaging disposed on a bottom of the cavity, wherein the reconfigurable packaging extends from adjacent to the first sidewall to adjacent to the second sidewall in a horizontal position, the reconfigurable packaging including:
- a base defining lower wing slots;
- a cover coupled to the base and defining upper wing slots, the base and the cover defining a storage cavity;
- a first side wing extending from a first side of the cover;
- and
- a second side wing extending from a second opposing side of the cover, wherein the first side wing and the second side wing are operable between a first folded position engaging the upper wing slots to define a first width and a second folded position engaging the lower wing slots to define a second lesser width based on a width of the cavity;
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- at least one accessory disposed within the storage cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.