Spool packaging member and method
AssigneeLincoln Global, Inc.
InventorPaul A. Weissbrod
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Abstract
A packaging member includes a base with a central portion and a pair of opposed walls extending in the same direction from opposing edges of the central portion. The packaging member also includes a locator panel with a perimeter corresponding to the perimeter of the base central portion and an aperture defined by a sidewall. The locator panel is retained upon the base between the pair of opposed walls. Additionally, the packaging member includes a plurality of spaced apart tabs with first portions which are affixed to the sidewall and have a profile corresponding to the profile of the sidewall.
Claims20
A packaging member comprising:
- a base having a central portion and a pair of opposed walls extending in the same direction from opposing edges of the central portion;
- a locator panel having a perimeter corresponding to the perimeter of the base central portion and an aperture defined by a sidewall, where the locator panel is retained upon the base between the pair of opposed walls;
- and
- a plurality of spaced apart tabs having a first portion corresponding to the profile of the sidewall and affixed to the sidewall.
A package comprising:
- at least one packaging member having
- a base having a central portion and a pair of opposed walls extending in the same direction from opposing edges of the central portion;
- a locator panel having a perimeter corresponding to the perimeter of the base central portion and an aperture defined by a sidewall, where the locator panel is affixed to the base between the pair of opposed walls;
- and
- a support sheet having
- a central portion inserted within the locator panel aperture and affixed to the base, and
- a plurality of spaced apart tabs extending from the perimeter of the central portion, with each of the tabs having a first portion corresponding to the profile of the sidewall and affixed to the sidewall and a second portion extending from the first portion radially away from the central portion and affixed to a face of the locator panel.
A method for packaging a spool comprising the steps of:
- providing a pair of packaging members having
- a base having a central portion and a pair of opposed walls extending in the same direction from opposing edges of the central portion;
- a locator panel having a perimeter corresponding to the base central portion and an aperture defined by a sidewall, where the locator panel is affixed to the base between the pair of opposed walls;
- and
- a support sheet having
- a central portion inserted within the locator panel aperture and affixed to the base, and
- a plurality of spaced apart tabs extending from the perimeter of the central portion, with each of the tabs having a first portion corresponding to the profile of the sidewall and affixed to the sidewall and a second portion extending from the first portion radially away from the central portion and affixed to a face of the locator panel;
- inserting one face of the spool into the locator panel aperture of one of the packaging members;
- placing the locator panel aperture of the other packaging member onto the other face of spool such that the packaging members are in superposed relation;
- and
- maintaining the spool packaging members in superposed relation by a means for securing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.