US 6,092,654 A · Package for a product having a laterally directed base

Abstract

A package for a compressor having a base to which a shell is attached includes a box having side walls and also a bottom wall and a top wall formed from overlying flaps. In addition, the package includes a rigid base formed from overlying panels of slab-like paperboard material. The panels fold relative to each other, and the upper of the two panels contains a cutout which enables that panel to pass over the compressor shell, or over the compressor base, to a position overlying the compressor base. Once the upper panel is over the compressor base, the lower panel is folded under the compressor base so that the compressor base is captured between the two panels of the package base. In this condition the compressor and the package base are inserted into the box. The package base comes to rest against the bottom wall of the box. A sleeve fits around the shell of the compressor and extends between the upper panel of the package base and the upper wall of the box. A tray fits into the upper end of the sleeve between the top of the compressor shell and the top wall of the box. A honeycomb ring surrounds the sleeve between its ends and projects laterally out to the side walls of the box.

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Dependent claims

A package for an object having a main body and a laterally directed base at the bottom of the main body, said package comprising:

a box having side walls located around an interior, a bottom wall at the lower ends of the side walls and closing the interior at its lower end, and a top wall of the upper ends of side walls and closing the interior at its upper end;
a package base located in the interior and having a lower panel and an upper panel, the lower panel being against the bottom wall of the box and the upper panel being over the lower panel and having a cutout therein large enough to enable the upper panel to fit around the body of the object, the upper panel being of a configuration that causes the package base to capture the base of the object between the upper and lower panels;
a sleeve extending between the top wall and the upper panel of the package base for preventing the upper panel from moving away from the lower panel;
and a ring located around the sleeve and being between the sleeve and the side walls of the box to stabilize the sleeve with the box.

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A method of enclosing a compressor having a shell and a base attached to the shell at the bottom of the shell, with the base projecting laterally beyond the shell, in a package including a box having side walls located around an interior, a bottom wall at the lower ends of the side walls and closing the interior at its lower end and flaps at the upper ends of the side walls, a package base having a lower panel and an upper panel hinged to the lower panel, with the upper panel having a cutout therein which is configured to enable the upper panel to fit around the compressor and yet lie over the compressor base, and a sleeve configured to fit over the shell of the compressor and into the box;

said method comprising:
fitting the upper panel of the package base over the compressor base with the compressor generally received in the cutout of the upper panel;
folding the lower panel of the compressor base upwardly against the bottom of the compressor base so that the compressor base is captured in the package base;
inserting the compressor with its base captured in the package base into the box such that the package base rests on the bottom wall of the box;
fitting the sleeve over the shell of the compressor and into the box, with the sleeve rising to the upper end of the box;
and folding the flaps of the box over onto the upper end of the sleeve.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Package for a product having a laterally directed base

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Package for a product having a laterally directed base

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Abstract

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