Packing buffer assembly
AssigneeCompal Electronics, Inc.
InventorsMing-Hsun Chou, Shu-Chin Chen
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Abstract
A packing buffer assembly includes a pair of sleeves and an accessory supporting plate. Each sleeve has a first buffer member, a pair of second buffer members mounted on the first buffer member in a wedging manner, and a pair of shoulder pads. Each first buffer member has a pair of upper and lower plates, a side plate, and a first receiving space. The shoulder pads of each sleeve are disposed in the first receiving space. Each second buffer member has upper and lower end portions. The accessory supporting plate has a central part, a pair of risers, a second receiving space which is defined by the central part and the risers, and a pair of wings which extend oppositely and respectively from the risers so as to be laid on the sleeves.
Claims6
A packing buffer assembly adapted to hold and to provide shock protection to a computer and accessories of the computer in a packing case, said packing buffer assembly comprising:
- a pair of spaced apart sleeves adapted to receive tight two opposite sides of the computer, each of said sleeves having a horizontally extending substantially U-shaped first buffer member, a pair of vertically extending substantially U-shaped second buffer members mounted respectively on two opposite ends of said first buffer member in a wedging manner, and a pair of shoulder pads, said first buffer member of each of said sleeves having a pair of horizontally extending upper and lower plates which are aligned and substantially parallel to each other, a vertically extending side plate which interconnects said upper and lower plates, and a horizontally extending first receiving space that is confined by said upper and lower plates and said side plate, said shoulder pads of each of said sleeves being disposed in two opposite ends of said first receiving space for spacing and propping said upper and lower plates, said second buffer members of each of said sleeves being fitted over said first buffer member at one side of said side plate opposite to said first receiving space, and having upper and lower end portions that respectively project upwardly and downwardly from said upper and lower plates of said first buffer member, and intermediate notches formed between said upper and lower end portions, said first buffer member of each of said sleeves being inserted fittingly into said intermediate notches of the respective pair of said second buffer members, said first receiving spaces of said first buffer members being adapted to receive respectively the opposite sides of the computer;
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- an accessory supporting plate spanning said sleeves and having a horizontally extending central part which is adapted to be aligned above and disposed adjacent to the computer, a pair of vertically extending risers which extend respectively and upwardly from two opposite sides of said central part, a second receiving space which is defined by said central part and said risers and which is adapted to receive the accessories of the computer, and a pair of horizontally extending wings which extend oppositely and respectively from said risers so as to be laid on said sleeves.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.