Expanded plastic packaging system for substantially planar objects
OwnerGregg Thomasinventor
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Abstract
A packaging system for substantially planar objects such as paintings and prints is disclosed which has two major components made of expanded plastic such as polystyrene foam. The two major components may be a bottom with a lid, two bottoms or two lids. The two major components are sealed around the object with flexible adhesive tape. The outside of the container so formed may be covered with a plastic coating to protect the expanded plastic from damage and soiling and the two major components may be joined by a hinge. Impact strips of plastic foam are provided to protect the artwork from impact forces and plastic foam cushions and expanded plastic spacers are used to securely fasten and protect the artwork.
Claims34
In combination, a substantially rigid bottom of expanded plastic and a complementary substantially planar and rigid lid of expanded plastic, the bottom and the lid each having exterior edges and corners and the bottom internally defining an open-faced cavity having sides and a polygonal inside surface, the open-faced cavity being adapted to receive through the open face and contain a substantially planar object, the lid being so dimensioned that it may be placed over the open face of the cavity in the bottom to cover the same and at least one strip of adhesive plastic tape may be placed over and along an outside juncture of the bottom and the lid in order to detachably secure the lid to the bottom and seal the cavity, the bottom and the lid each having a protective plastic coating on the edges and corners to resist chipping and cracking and an impact absorption means adapted to be placed within the cavity and between the object and at least one side of the cavity in order to absorb impact forces transmitted from the side of the cavity to the object.
In combination, first and second substantially rigid bottoms of expanded plastic, the bottoms each having exterior edges and corners and internally defining an open-faced cavity having sides and a polygonal inside surface, the open-faced cavity being adapted to receive through the open face and contain a substantially planar object, the first and second bottoms being so dimensioned that the bottoms may be mated at the open faces of the respective cavities of the first and second bottoms to define a larger cavity having sides formed of the combined sides of the cavities and two polygonal inside surfaces and at least one strip of adhesive plastic tape may be placed over and along an outside juncture of the first and second bottoms in order to detachably secure the first and second bottoms to each other and seal the cavity, the first and second bottoms each having a protective plastic coating on the edges and corners to resist chipping and cracking and impact absorption means adapted to be placed within the larger cavity and between the object and at least one side of the larger cavity in order to absorb impact forces transmitted from the side of the large
In combination, first and second substantially rigid and planar lids of expanded plastic having complementary polygonal outlines and exterior edges and corners, and a hinge joining the first and second lids so that the first and second lids may hingeably cooperate to lie flat next to each other when enclosing a substantially flat object, and at least one strip of adhesive plastic tape may be placed over and along an outside juncture of the first and second lids in order to detachably secure the first lid to the second lid and seal the flat object between the first and second lids, the first and second lids each having a protective plastic coating on the edges and corners to resist cracking and chipping.
A packaging system for substantially planar objects, comprising:
- a substantially rigid bottom, the bottom comprising a rectangular base sheet of expanded plastic and four walls of expanded plastic at the edges of the rectangular base sheet, the walls and the rectangular base sheet defining an open-faced cavity having five sides and an open face for receiving a substantially planar object through the open face and containing the same;
- a substantially rigid lid comprising a rectangular sheet of expanded plastic dimensioned to fit over and close the open face of the cavity defined in the bottom;
- the walls and base sheet of the bottom defining exterior edges and corners, the lid also having edges and corners, the edges and corners of the bottom and lid having a protective plastic coating to resist chipping and cracking;
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- at least one impact strip adapted to be placed within the cavity between the object and at least one side of the bottom in order to absorb impact forces transmitted from the side to the object.
A packaging system for substantially planar objects, comprising:
- first and second substantially rigid bottoms, the first and second bottoms each comprising a rectangular base sheet of expanded plastic and four walls of expanded plastic at the edges of the rectangular base sheet, the walls and the rectangular base sheet defining an open-faced cavity having five sides and an open face for receiving a substantially planar object through the open face and containing the same;
- the walls and base sheet of each of the bottoms defining exterior edges and corners, the edges and corners having a protective plastic coating to resist chipping and cracking;
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- at least one impact strip adapted to be placed within the cavity between the object and at least one side of at least one of the bottoms in order to absorb impact forces transmitted from the side to the object.
A packaging system for a substantially flat object, comprising:
- first and second substantially rigid and planar lids of expanded plastic having complementary rectangular outlines and exterior edges and corners;
- a hinge joining the first and second lids so that the first and second lids may hingeably cooperate to lie flat next to each other when enclosing the substantially flat object;
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- the first and second lids each having a protective plastic coating on the edges and corners to resist cracking and chipping.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.