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US 6,079,563 AGranted
Container for compressors and other goods
OwnerRobert A. Katchmazenskiinventor
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Abstract
A container, for storing products such as automobile compressors, made from a single piece of material, preferably corrugated fiber, and assembled by folding along score lines and secured by engaging tongue and matching groove members to form a top, a bottom and sidewall members of the container. Internal product support structures are formed, from the original piece of corrugated fiber, by folding along additional score lines.
Claims9
A box for accommodating an object, the box comprising:
- a base;
- a plurality of upstanding sidewalls extending from the base, the base and the upstanding sidewalls defining an interior of the box;
- and
- a product support disposed within the interior of the box, the product support comprising a continuous sheet extending generally between said sidewalls, the continuous sheet including at least two substantially planar wall members extending generally upwardly relative to the base of the box, the wall members each defining a plurality of substantially parallel tear-away slits, the tear-away slits defining side edges of a plurality of substantially parallel flexing strips extending across said wall members, the flexing strips having opposed ends;
- wherein multiple flexing strips of each wall member are constructed to flex outwardly and tear away along the side edges to accommodate and support the object within the box and to generally conform to the shape of the object within the box, further wherein additional flexing strips of each wall member can remain generally intact, at least at both of the respective opposed ends thereof, to generally preclude longitudinal movement of the object within the box.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.