Container assembly for transporting a flexible panel

A container assembly for protecting a substantially flat object, the container assembly comprising:

• a back panel positioned behind the object and offset by a first sealed air compartment;
• and
• a front panel positioned in front of the object and offset by a second sealed air compartment;
• wherein the object comprises a stretched canvas within a frame and the container assembly further comprises a first gasket between the back panel and the frame, a second gasket between the object and the front panel, and a third gasket between the front panel and the frame.

A container assembly for protecting an object, the container assembly comprising:

• a back panel positioned behind the object and offset by a first sealed air compartment;
• a front panel positioned in front of the object and offset by a second sealed air compartment;
• and
• a stiffener panel positioned in front of the front panel and offset by a third sealed air compartment;
• wherein the front panel, the back panel, and the stiffener panel each comprise one or more rigid materials, each rigid material having higher natural frequency and lower excursion properties than the object;
• and
• the container assembly is tuned using fixed, gas-piston principles to impart the higher natural frequency and lower excursion properties of the rigid materials to the object such that the natural frequency of the object increases and the extent to which the object experiences excursions greater than 350 microns is reduced.

A container assembly for protecting an object, the container assembly comprising:

• a back panel positioned behind the object and offset by a first sealed air compartment;
• a front panel positioned in front of the object and offset by a second sealed air compartment;
• and
• a stiffener panel positioned in front of the front panel and offset by a third sealed air compartment, the stiffener panel having a non-uniform thickness such that a volume of a corner portion of the third sealed air compartment is reduced as compared to the volume of a middle portion of the third sealed air compartment.