Package for card edge connectors
AssigneeBurndy Corporation
InventorRocco J. Noschese
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Abstract
A packaging container for elongate electrical connectors includes a base and a cover. The base has a plurality of parallel connector receiving channels. Each channel has a width suitably sized and shaped to receive a row of connectors in an adjacent side-by-side orientation and a length suitably sized and shaped to receive a column of rows of connectors in an adjacent end-by-end orientation. A spacing section between each connector receiving channel and at the outsides of exterior connector channels are provided to allow an unloader's thumb and fingers to be inserted at two of the spacing sections to grasp a row of the connectors with one grasping operation to remove the row of connectors.
Claims16
A packaging container for elongate electrical connectors, the container comprising:
- a base having a plurality of parallel connector-receiving channels, each channel has a width suitably sized and shaped to receive a row of connectors in an adjacent side-by-side orientation and a length suitably sized and shaped to receive a column of rows of connectors in an adjacent end-by-end orientation, a spacing section between each connector-receiving channel and at an exterior of exterior connector channels having a height less than a height of electrical connectors when located in the connector-receiving channels, the spacing sections being suitably sized and spaced relative to each other to allow an unloader's thumb and fingers to be inserted at two of the spacing sections to grasp a row of the connectors with one grasping operation to remove the row of connectors from one of the channels;
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- a removable cover adapted to be mounted to the base and contain the connectors with the base and cover.
A packaging container for elongate electrical connectors, the container comprising:
- a base having an open top and at least three parallel rows of connector receiving channels, each channel having a width suitably sized to receive a row of adjacent side-by-side electrical connectors and a length suitably sized and shaped to receive a column of adjacent end-by-end electrical connector rows, and means for allowing an unloader of the electrical connectors from the base to be able to grasp a row of the connectors between the unloader's thumb and fingers of a single hand and thereby allow rapid unloading of the base;
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- a cover adapted to be mounted to the base and contain the connectors between the base and cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.