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US 6,199,697 B1Granted
Fixing element for an article in a container
AssigneeAgfa-Gevaert
InventorLieven Dirx
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Abstract
A fixing element (30) retains an article (20) from moving inside a container (10). The container (10) has a base (11) and a cover (19). The fixing element (30) has a tape portion (31) that is bent around a corner (21) of the article (20), thus retaining the corner (21) and urging the article (20) against two side walls (15, 16) of the base (11) of the container (10).
Claims7
A combination of a container and a substantially flat article having a first corner, the container comprising:
- a tray base having a substantially flat bottom supporting said article and having side walls substantially perpendicular to said bottom, a first and a second one of said side walls forming a second corner;
- a cover for said base;
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- a fixing element sandwiched between said article and said bottom of said base, and bent around said first corner of said article and around said second corner of said base so as to urge said article against said first and said second side walls of said base.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.