Composite appliance package
AssigneeContainer Corporation of America
InventorNoel J. Mertz
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Abstract
A composite shipping container for packaging, heavy articles and appliances such kitchen ranges. The package includes upper and lower structures interconnected by hollow corner posts and wrapped with plastic film and strapping. The lower structure of the container includes a base member adapted to be attached to a lower portion of the article and bottom corner members attached to the corner posts and to the base members, but which are severable from each other to allow the temporary partial removal of the appliance from the package and its reinsertion without destroying the integrity of the package.
Claims8
In a package for storing and shipping a relatively heavy article, a base member, comprising:
- (a) a first section including:
- (i) a generally rectangular center panel;
- (ii) a pair of generally rectangular side panels foldably joined to opposed sides of said center panel;
- (b) a pair of second sections each including:
- (i) a lower panel overlying an upper surface of said center panel adjacent one end thereof;
- (ii) an intermediate panel foldably joined at one side edge to one side edge of said lower panel and being disposed to overlie said lower panel;
- (iii) an upper panel having one side edge foldably joined to another side edge of said lower panel and being disposed to overlie said intermediate panel;
- (c) said first section side panels being folded over 180 degrees and secured to upper surfaces of adjacent second section upper panels.
A composite package for storing and shipping a relatively heavy article, said package including a plurality of internal components formed primarily of foldable paperboard, and comprising:
- (a) a plurality of vertically disposed corner posts;
- (b) a lower structure including a base member and a pair of bottom corner members connecting said base member to lower ends of said corner posts;
- (c) an upper structure attached to upper ends of said corner posts and including:
- (i) at least one lifting flange extending between certain of said corner posts;
- (ii) a cap covering portions of said corner posts and flange;
- (d) a sheet of plastic film encompassing side surfaces of said upper and lower structures and said corner posts;
- (e) strap means encompassing portions of said cap;
- (f) said base member being arranged and disposed for attachment to a lower portion of said packaged article;
- (g) said base member and said bottom corner members being arranged and disposed to accommodate the temporary removal of the article from the package and its reinsertion without destroying the integrity of any other portion of the package;
- (h) said base member including a first section having:
- (i) a generally rectangular center panel;
- (ii) a pair of generally rectangular side panels foldably joined to opposed side edges of said center panel;
- (i) said base member also including a pair of second sections each having:
- (i) a lower panel overlying an upper surface of said center panel adjacent one end thereof;
- (ii) an intermediate panel foldably joined at one side edge to one side edge of said lower panel and being disposed to overlie said lower panel;
- (iii) an upper panel having one side edge foldably joined to another side edge of said lower panel and being disposed to overly said intermediate panel
- (j) said first section side panels being folded over 180 degrees and secured to upper surfaces of adjacent second section upper panels.
In a package for shipping and storing a relatively heavy article, a plurality of corner posts and means for retaining said corner posts against outer corners of a packaged article, said corner posts each being formed from a unitary blank of foldable paperboard, and comprising:
- (a) a pair of elongated, integral, hollow sections, each of which are generally rectangular in transverse cross-section;
- (b) said sections being joined to each other along a longitudinal fold line and being disposed normal to each other to form an L-shaped structure adapted to lie against an outer corner of a packaged article;
- (c) a base member positioned under said packaged article and removably secured thereto, said base member being detachably connected to said corner posts by a pair of bottom corner members;
- (d) said base member including a first section having:
- (i) a generally rectangular center panel;
- (ii) a pair of generally rectangular side panels foldably joined to opposed side edges of said center panel;
- (e) said base member also including a pair of second sections each having:
- (i) a lower panel overlying an upper surface of said center panel adjacent one end thereof;
- (ii) an intermediate panel foldably joined at one side edge to one side edge of said lower panel and being disposed to overlie said lower panel;
- (iii) an upper panel having one side edge foldably joined to another side edge of said lower panel and being disposed to overly said intermediate panel
- (f) said first section side panel being folded over 180 degrees and secured to upper surfaces of adjacent second section upper panels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.