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US 12,540,004 B2Granted
Packaging with raising platform and lay-flat construction
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsAvianne Marie B. Tuano, Jeremy Bataillou, Jonathan Gomez Garcia, Jonathan M. Mccarren, Manuel Hodrius, Rachel Minhee Han, Thomas S. Chun
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Abstract
Packaging may include a base box having a cavity to receive a product. Cushioning cells formed as rollover structures are configured to hold the product within the cavity. When the rollover structure rotate away from the cavity, a product support panel raises, thereby raising the product within the packaging. The packaging may also easily fold flat, without the need to remove adhesive, thereby enhancing recyclability.
Claims17
Packaging, comprising:
- a base box having a cavity to receive a product;
- a lid configured to close the base box and enclose the product within the packaging;
- a first rollover structure extending inward from a first sidewall of the base box, the first rollover structure further comprising:
- an upper rollover panel extending at a fold at the top of the first sidewall when the packaging is in a closed position;
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- an interior side panel extending adjacent to a bottom wall when the packaging is in a closed position, wherein the first rollover structure is continuous with the first sidewall;
- a second rollover structure extending inward from a second sidewall of the base box, wherein the second rollover structure is continuous with the second sidewall;
- a third rollover structure extending inward from a third sidewall of the base box;
- a fourth rollover structure extending inward from a fourth sidewall of the base box, wherein the first and second, and third and fourth rollover structures, respectively, form the cavity to receive the product when the packaging is in a closed configuration;
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- a product support panel,
- wherein the interior of the second sidewall faces the interior of the first sidewall, wherein the first and second rollover structures are configured to hold the product within the cavity, and wherein when the first rollover structure rotates away from the cavity, the product support panel raises, thereby raising the product within the packaging.
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Packaging, comprising:
- a product support panel to receive a product;
- first and second cushioning cells providing interior side panels spaced from respective first and second outer side walls of the packaging, wherein the spacing is provided by respective upper rollover panels extending from a top edge of the respective interior side panel;
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- third and fourth cushioning cells providing interior side panels, the third and fourth cushioning cells positioned perpendicular to the first and second cushioning cells such that a rectangular cavity is formed, wherein the product is disposed within the cavity, wherein no panel of the packaging is adhered to another panel of the packaging, and
- wherein in response to a force applied to one or more of the cushioning cells in a direction outward from the cavity, one or more of the cushioning cells folds away from the cavity, and raises the product support panel to elevate the product.
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Packaging, comprising:
- cardboard cushioning cells retaining a product in a first configuration;
- a cardboard lid coupled to a sidewall of one of the cardboard cushioning cells;
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- a cardboard base panel, coacting with the cardboard cushioning cells to form a cavity to receive a product,
- wherein when the lid is opened, the articulation of the lid opening moves the sidewall coupled to the cardboard lid away from the product, thereby releasing it from the packaging, and wherein no panel of the packaging is adhered to another panel of the packaging, and
- wherein the movement of the sidewall coupled to the cardboard lid further away from the product causes a product support panel coupled to the cardboard cushioning cell coupled to the lid to lift upward, thereby lifting the product upward.
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