Packaging system with preloaded clamping and convertible door ramp for transporting equipment

Abstract

A packaging system for transporting equipment includes a base platform and a frame coupled to the base platform and configured to surround the equipment. Clamping assemblies mounted to the frame each include an elastomeric block and one or more fasteners configured, when tightened, to compress the elastomeric block to increase clearance for inserting or removing the equipment, and, when loosened, to allow the elastomeric block to expand toward a corresponding side surface of the equipment when the equipment is received in the frame. The frame further includes a panel assembly movable between a closed position covering an opening of the frame and a ramp position defining a ramp to guide movement of the equipment between the base platform and a floor surface, and a support stand assembly coupled to an inner side of the panel assembly to support the panel assembly in the ramp position.

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