Assembly for supporting delicate equipment during shipping
AssigneeL. K. Van Keuren Company, Inc.
InventorVincent R. Mulligan
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Abstract
An assembly for protectively supporting a frame or panel containing delicate electronic equipment such as communication equipment while it is being shipped from one location to another. The electronic units with which the invention is concerned are usually large, complicated and costly. The support assembly, which is adapted to be contained in an outer carton, provides adjustable means for gripping the electronic unit so that the delicate equipment therein will not be damaged by vibration or impact caused by travel.
Claims7
A packaging assembly for supporting delicate electronic equipment within an outer carton during shipping, the support assembly comprising a normally horizontal base assembly and a pair of upstanding end braces respectively secured to the base assembly at opposite ends thereof, each end brace having a pair of normally vertical clamping members movable towards or away from one another for engaging and clamping therebetween terminal portions of the equipment being shipped, each end brace also having a normally horizontally disposed member movable towards or away from the base assembly for engaging the equipment being shipped and clamping it between the horizontally disposed member and base assembly.
An assembly for protectively supporting during shipping a frame having delicate electronic equipment mounted therein, the support assembly comprising a normally horizontal base assembly and a pair of upstanding end braces respectively secured to the base assembly at opposite ends thereof, each end brace having a pair of normally vertical, parallel clamping members movable towards or away from one another for engaging and clamping therebetween an end of the equipment frame, each end brace being formed with a pair of spaced apart normally horizontal slots and including bolts that extend through the slots and into the clamping members to guide the latter during their movement into clamping engagement with the frame, each end brace also including a normally horizontally disposed member movable towards or away from the base assembly for engaging the frame and clamping it between the horizontally disposed member and base assembly, each end brace being formed with a pair of spaced apart normally vertical slots and including a bolt that extends through each slot into the horizontally disposed member to guide the latter during its movement into clamping engagement with the frame.
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