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US 7,886,911 B1Granted
Corrugated container with integral dunnage
AssigneeSecurity Packaging, Inc.
InventorBrian C. McLaughlin
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Abstract
A corrugated container with integral dunnage for securing a cargo element with respect to the interior of the corrugated container, including at least one wall panel having a substantially planar surface, an aperture defined in the substantially planar surface, and a flap portion connected to the substantially planar surface adjacent to the aperture. The flap portion is subdivided into a plurality of sections that cooperate to define a dunnage element.
Claims17
A corrugated container with integral dunnage for securing a cargo element with respect to the interior of the corrugated container, comprising:
- a first wall panel having a substantially planar configuration;
- an aperture defined in said first wall panel such that a periphery of the aperture lies in a substantially common plane;
- a flap portion connected to said first wall panel adjacent to said aperture;
- said flap portion subdivided into a first section, a second section, and a third section, wherein said first section is adjacent to said aperture, said third section is affixed to said first wall panel, said second section is disposed intermediate said first and third sections, and said first, second, and third sections cooperate to define a dunnage element;
- said first wall panel having an outer periphery, wherein said aperture is spaced from said outer periphery such that said aperture is disposed at an intermediate location on said first wall panel and such that an engaging portion of said first wall panel is defined between said dunnage element and said outer periphery of said first wall panel, the engaging portion of said first wall panel being engageable with the cargo element;
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- a second wall panel that is connected to said first wall panel at said outer periphery thereof such that said second wall panel is spaced from said dunnage element by said engaging portion of said first wall panel, wherein said dunnage element and said second wall panel are engageable with the cargo element to restrain the cargo element against moving with respect to said engaging portion of said first wall panel.
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A corrugated container with integral dunnage for securing a cargo element with respect to the interior of the corrugated container, comprising:
- a first wall panel having a substantially planar configuration;
- an aperture defined in said first wall panel;
- an integral flap portion extending from said first wall panel adjacent to said aperture;
- said integral flap portion subdivided into a first section, a second section, and a third section, wherein said first section is adjacent to said aperture, said third section is affixed to said first wall panel, said second section is disposed intermediate said first and third sections, and said first, second, and third sections cooperate to define a substantially triangular dunnage element;
- said first wall panel having an outer periphery, wherein said aperture is spaced from said outer periphery such that said aperture is disposed at an intermediate location on said first wall panel and such that an engaging portion of said first wall panel is defined between said dunnage element and said outer periphery of said first wall panel, the engaging portion of said first wall panel being engageable with the cargo element;
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- a second wall panel that is connected to said first wall panel at said outer periphery thereof such that said second wall panel is spaced from said dunnage element by said engaging portion of said first wall panel and such that said second wall panel extends substantially perpendicular to said first wall panel, wherein said dunnage element and said second wall panel are engageable with the cargo element to restrain the cargo element against moving with respect to said engaging portion of said first wall panel.
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A corrugated container with integral dunnage for securing a cargo element with respect to the interior of the corrugated container, comprising:
- a first wall panel having a substantially planar configuration;
- an aperture defined in said first wall panel;
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- an integral flap portion extending from said first wall panel adjacent to said aperture and subdivided into a first section, a second section, and a third section, wherein said integral flap portion is foldable from a first position, wherein said first section, said second section, and said third section are substantially coplanar and substantially occupy said aperture, to a second position, wherein said first section, said second section, and said third section cooperate to define a substantially triangular dunnage element;
- said first wall panel having an outer periphery, wherein said aperture is spaced from said outer periphery such that said aperture is disposed at an intermediate location on said first wall panel and such that an engaging portion of said first wall panel is defined between said dunnage element and said outer periphery of said first wall panel, the engaging portion of said first wall panel being engageable with the cargo element;
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- a second wall panel that is connected to said first wall panel at said outer periphery thereof such that said second wall panel is spaced from said dunnage element by said engaging portion of said first wall panel and such that said second wall panel extends substantially perpendicular to said first wall panel, wherein said dunnage element and said second wall are engageable with the cargo element to restrain the cargo element against moving with respect to said engaging portion of said first wall panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.