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US 6,274,217 B1Granted
Buffer member for shipping carton
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorDong-jung Kim
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Abstract
A shipping protector for interposition between a shipping carton and an article being shipped for spacing the article within the carton, including a resilient buffer member and a buffer insert provided between the buffer member and the article.
Claims5
A shipping protector for interposition between a shipping carton and an article being shipped for spacing said article within the shipping carton, comprising:
- a buffer member having an exterior surface, an interior surface for contacting at least a portion of a peripheral surface of said article, and at least one intermediate surface between said exterior surface and said interior surface;
- and
- at least one buffer insert having a contact end portion and a free end portion, wherein said at least one buffer insert is disposed along at least one of the interior surface and the exterior surface of said buffer member,
- wherein at least one aperture is provided in at least one of the interior surface and the exterior surface of said buffer member and said buffer insert is fitted and fixed within said aperture;
- and
- wherein said buffer insert is an open cylindrical body.
3 more elements
A shipping protector for interposition between a shipping carton and an article being shipped for spacing said article within the shipping carton, comprising:
- a buffer member having an exterior surface, an interior surface for contacting at least a portion of a peripheral surface of said article, and at least one intermediate surface between said exterior surface and said interior surface;
- and
- at least one buffer insert having a contact end portion and a free end portion, wherein said at least one buffer insert is disposed along at least one of the interior surface and the exterior surface of said buffer member;
- wherein at least one aperture is provided in at least one of the interior surface and the exterior surface of said buffer member and said buffer insert is fitted and fixed within said aperture;
- wherein said buffer member is formed from a first resilient material;
- and
- wherein said buffer insert is an open cylindrical body.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.