Household appliance packaging assembly
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorMichael Thomas Chezem
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Abstract
A household packaging assembly includes at least one-paper based packaging wall including a corrugated board. The corrugated board includes a first panel including a surface and a second panel including a surface and spaced apart from the first panel. Additionally, the corrugated board includes a corrugated cushion extending from the surface of the first panel to the surface of the second panel. Furthermore, the household packaging assembly includes a household appliance positioned on the paper-based packaging wall(s). The corrugated board supports and cushions the household appliance during transport of the household appliance. Additionally, the corrugated board comprises a paper composite.
Claims15
A household appliance packaging assembly, comprising:
- at least one paper-based packaging wall including a corrugated board, the corrugated board including:
- a first panel including a surface;
- a second panel including a surface, the second panel spaced apart from the first panel;
- and
- a corrugated cushion extending from the surface of the first panel to the surface of the second panel, the corrugated cushion including a plurality of corrugated layers spaced apart from each other along a length of the surface of the first panel and the surface of the second panel;
- and
- a household appliance positioned on the at least one paper-based packaging wall, and
- wherein:
- at least one corrugated layer of the plurality of corrugated layers of the corrugated cushion is oriented relative to the surface of the first panel and the surface of the second panel such that an oblique angle is defined between the at least one corrugated layer and each of the surface of the first panel and the surface of the second panel;
- the corrugated board supports and cushions the household appliance during transport of the household appliance;
- and
- the corrugated board comprises a paper composite.
A method of assembling a household appliance packaging assembly, comprising:
- assembling a corrugated board of a paper-based packaging wall that supports and cushions a household appliance during transport of the household appliance, which includes positioning a corrugated paper composite cushion between a surface of a first paper composite panel and a surface of a second paper composite panel spaced apart from the first paper composite panel;
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- modifying the corrugated board to change a stiffness of the corrugated board, wherein modifying the corrugated board includes orienting at least one corrugated layer of a plurality of corrugated layers relative to the surface of the first panel and the surface of the second panel such that an oblique angle is defined between the at least one corrugated layer and the surface of the first panel and the surface of the second panel to decrease the stiffness of the corrugated board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.