Packaging with integrated cushioning supports

Product packaging, comprising:

• a base box comprising:
• a base panel;
• and
• cushioning cells comprising:
• an upper cushioning cell disposed at an upper edge of the base panel and defining an upper side of the base box;
• a lower cushioning cell disposed at a lower edge of the base panel and defining a lower side of the base box;
• a left side cushioning cell disposed at a left side edge of the base panel and defining a left side of the base box;
• and
• a right side cushioning cell disposed at a right side edge of the base panel and defining a right side of the base box;
• wherein the left side cushioning cell and the right side cushioning cell are hingedly coupled to the base panel,
• wherein each of the cushioning cells comprises four panels arranged to form a rectangular cross-section,
• wherein each of the upper cushioning cell and the lower cushioning cell comprises a fifth panel, the fifth panel forming a hypotenuse panel extending diagonally between interior corners of its respective cushioning cell,
• wherein the base panel and the cushioning cells together define a product-receiving space, and
• wherein the base panel and the cushioning cells are integral and formed from a single blank;
• and
• a cover configured to cover the product-receiving space of the base box, the cover configured to be coupled to the left side cushioning cell and to the right side cushioning cell.

A blank for forming product packaging comprising:

• a central base panel;
• a left panel integrally extending outward from a left side of the central base panel and connected to the central base panel at an upward fold line;
• a right panel integrally extending outward from a right side of the central base panel and connected to the central base panel at an upward fold line;
• an upper panel integrally extending outward from an upper side of the central base panel and connected to the central base panel at an upward fold line;
• and
• a lower panel integrally extending outward from a lower side of the central base panel and connected to the central base panel at an upward fold line,
• wherein each of the left panel and the right panel comprises five sub-panels connected at parallel upward fold lines, and wherein, counting outward from the central base panel, their first and third sub-panels all have the same width, and their second and fourth sub-panels all have the same width,
• wherein each of the upper panel and the lower panel comprises five sub-panels connected at parallel upward fold lines, and wherein, counting outward from the central base panel, their first and third sub-panels all have the same height, their second and fourth sub-panels all have the same height and their fifth sub-panels both have a height equal to a hypotenuse height, where the square of the hypotenuse height equals the sum of the squares of the heights of the third sub-panels and the fourth sub-panels.