Foam packaging apparatus

Abstract

A foam packaging pad for enclosing and packaging an article includes a single sheet of material having a top section, a bottom section, a plurality of wall sections, and at least one first extended section configured to extend from one of the plurality of wall sections toward a side of the bottom section connected to the one of the plurality of wall sections. The single sheet of material includes a plurality of cutting portions cut through an entire thickness of the material and a plurality of connecting hinge portions connected between the plurality of wall sections and the bottom section such that each of the plurality of wall sections is positioned in an angle relative to the bottom section. Further, the wall sections are configured to be folded substantially perpendicular to the bottom section to form a container for receiving the article.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.