Packaging protection arrangement and support element therefor
AssigneeCollector Archive Services, LLC
InventorsCHRISTOPHER WHITLOCK, KEN BLACK
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Abstract
A support panel for use in protecting a piece of merchandise packaged within a bubble portion adhered to a card portion. The support panel includes a support enclosure defining a receptacle that is sized and configured to house the bubble portion therein and to generally conform to a number of corresponding exterior surfaces of the bubble portion. The support panel also includes a planar portion that extends outward from a periphery of the receptacle that is sized and configured to be disposed against the card portion when the bubble portion is housed within the support enclosure.
Claims16
A support panel for use in protecting a piece of merchandise packaged within a bubble portion adhered to a card portion, the support panel comprising:
- a support enclosure defining a receptacle that is structured to house the bubble portion therein and to generally conform to a number of corresponding exterior surfaces of the bubble portion;
- and
- a planar portion that extends outward from a periphery of the receptacle and is structured to be disposed against the card portion when the bubble portion is housed within the support enclosure.
A system employing a protective enclosure and support panel for use in protecting a piece of merchandise packaged within a bubble portion adhered to a card portion, the system comprising:
- a support panel comprising:
- a support enclosure defining a receptacle that is structured to house the bubble portion therein and to generally conform to a number of corresponding exterior surfaces of the bubble portion;
- and
- a planar portion that extends outward from a periphery of the receptacle and is structured to be disposed against the card portion when the bubble portion is housed within the support enclosure;
- and
- a transparent protective enclosure that is structured to be disposed against the card portion when the bubble portion is housed within the support enclosure, and wherein the protective enclosure is structured to prevent displacement of the merchandise relative to the planar portion and the bubble portion.
The system of 9 comprising:
- the at least one support enclosure being a plurality of support enclosures;
- and
- the plurality of support enclosures being distributed across the support panel.
A method for protecting merchandise packaged within a bubble portion adhered to a card portion of a packaging arrangement, the method comprising:
- providing a support panel having:
- a support enclosure defining a receptacle that is structured to house the bubble portion of the packaging arrangement therein and to generally conform to a number of corresponding exterior surfaces of the bubble portion;
- and
- a planar portion that extends outward from a periphery of the receptacle and is structured to be disposed against the card portion of the packaging arrangement when the bubble portion of the packaging arrangement is housed within the support enclosure;
- inserting the bubble portion of the packaging arrangement into the support enclosure of the support panel;
- and
- pressing the planar portion of the support panel against the card portion of the packaging arrangement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.