Shipping base
OwnerJames Johansoninventor
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Abstract
A base for shipping or storing an appliance or other article comprises a frame, the frame comprising rails, at least one rail comprising two outer upright walls, at least two intermediate walls between the outer walls, webs joining the bottom of each outer wall to the bottom of the adjacent intermediate wall, and at least one web joining together the intermediate walls.
Claims21
A base for shipping or storing an article, the base comprising a frame, the frame comprising rails, at least one rail comprising two outer upright walls, with respect to a normal orientation of the base in use, at least two intermediate walls between the outer walls, webs joining the bottom of each outer wall to the bottom of the adjacent intermediate wall, and at least one web joining together the intermediate walls.
A combination of:
- a base for shipping or storing an article, the base comprising a frame, the frame comprising rails, at least one rail comprising two outer upright walls, with respect to a normal orientation of the base in use, at least two intermediate walls between the outer walls, webs joining the bottom of each outer wall to the bottom of the adjacent intermediate wall, and at least one web joining together the intermediate walls;
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- an article mounted on the base.
A shipping base comprising a frame with at least one rail having longitudinal walls connected by webs alternately at the top and the bottom, wherein at least two bottom webs are solid and are joined along the length of the rail directly to solid walls.
A base comprising rails meeting at corners, wherein at least one rail comprises:
- a first solid side wall;
- a first solid bottom web joined to the first solid side wall along the bottom edge of the first solid side wall and a first side of the first solid bottom web;
- a first internal wall joined to the first solid bottom web along the bottom edge of the first internal wall and a second side of the first solid bottom web;
- a top web joined to the first internal wall along the top edge of the first internal wall and a first side of the top web;
- a second internal wall joined to the first top web along the top edge of the second internal wall and a second side of the top web;
- a second solid bottom web joined to the second internal wall along the bottom edge of the second internal wall and a first side of the second solid bottom web;
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- a second solid side wall joined to the second solid bottom web along the bottom edge of the second solid side wall and a second side of the second solid bottom web.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.