Protective container for a flat screen monitor

An apparatus, comprising,

• a) a base, including an essentially rectangular base panel, and two flaps, each flap including an essentially rectangular flap panel, each flap panel attached to the base panel along a respective fold axis, the two flap axes coinciding with opposite edges of the base panel, each panel being nearly rigid;
• b) an open configuration, wherein:
• (i) the base panel and flap panels are essentially flat and mutually coplanar, and each panel has an upper surface and a lower surface, and
• (ii) flap cushioning material is contained in or attached to the upper surface of the flap panels;
• c) a closed configuration, formed from the open configuration by folding the upper surfaces of the flaps toward each other along the two fold edges, wherein:
• (i) each flap panel forms an angle with the base panel along its respective fold edge that is less than or equal to 90 degrees,
• (ii) the apparatus describes two essentially open end spaces that are essentially perpendicular to the flap panels and the base panel, and an essentially open top space that is essentially parallel to the base panel,
• (iii) each flap has an inner surface oriented toward the opposite flap, an outside surface oriented away from the opposite flap, a bottom where it is attached to the base, and a top, and
• (iv) one or more connecting devices, extending between the flaps, that secure the device in the closed configuration;
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• d) a flat screen monitor that, when the apparatus is in the closed configuration, is positioned between the inner surfaces of the two flaps, rests upon the base, and has some contact with the cushioning material of each flap, the flat screen monitor having a top surface that is essentially parallel to the base panel, and a screen section including a screen, the surface of the screen being essentially parallel to the flap panels;
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• e) two support blocks attached to the upper surface of the base panel and separated from each other in the direction parallel to the fold edges by a distance D, wherein the flat screen monitor has a width that exceeds D, and includes a stand that has a width that is less than D, and wherein the flat screen monitor includes a screen section that rests on the support blocks.