Windshield packaging system using corrugated box with horizontally-running flutes
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Co., Ltd.)
InventorDavid Allison
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Abstract
A windshield packaging system that provides effective support for the windshield during substantial vertical drops, protects the windshield against side impacts, is simple in design, requires only modest skill to effectively assemble, protects windshields of different size with the same size carton, and minimizes inventory management problems. The windshield packaging system includes jaw components having a synergistic effect, horizontally-running flutes, and pressure-regulated clamps.
Claims9
A windshield packaging system for packaging a windshield that has surfaces, a width greater than its height, and a perimeter edge, said packaging system for protecting the windshield when said packaging system is placed beneath other packaging systems and oriented such that the width of the windshield is horizontal and the surfaces of the windshield are vertical, said windshield packaging system comprising:
- a) a plurality of clamps, each configured to frictionally engage the surfaces of the windshield;
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- b) a carton for housing the windshield while frictionally engaged by said clamps, said carton having a first and a second planner surface configured and oriented to surround the surfaces of the windshield made of corrugated paper having flutes oriented to run parallel to the width of the windshield.
A packaging system for packaging a fragile and substantially-planner article that has surfaces, the article having a width greater than its height and a perimeter edge, said packaging system for protecting the article when said packaging system is placed beneath other packaging systems and oriented such that the width of the article is horizontal and the surfaces of the article are vertical, said packaging system comprising:
- a) a plurality of clamps, each configured to frictionally engage the surfaces of the article;
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- b) a carton for housing the article while frictionally engaged by said clamps, said carton having a first and a second planner surface configured and oriented to surround the surfaces of the article and made of corrugated paper having flutes oriented to run parallel to the width of the article.
A windshield packaging system for packaging a windshield that has surfaces, a width greater than its height and a perimeter edge, said packaging system for protecting the windshield when said packaging system is placed beneath other packaging systems and oriented such that the width of the windshield is horizontal and the surfaces of the windshield are vertical, said packaging system comprising a carton for housing the windshield that has a first and a second planner surface configured and oriented to surround the surfaces of the windshield and made of corrugated paper having flutes oriented to run parallel to the width of the windshield.
A packaging system for packaging an article that has surfaces, a width greater than its height and a perimeter edge, said packaging system for protecting the article when said packaging system is placed beneath other packaging systems and oriented such that the width of the article is horizontal and the surfaces of the article are vertical, said packaging system comprising a carton for housing the article that has a first and a second planner surface configured and oriented to surround the surfaces of the article and made of corrugated paper having flutes oriented to run parallel to the width of the article.
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