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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7392900 | Package for transporting a fragile article A package for storing a fragile article includes a plurality of panel integrally connected to one another a fold lines. Pairs of two of the panels oppose one another in a spaced relation wherein the panels form a partial enclosure. A first tab connects to about an o... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7374044 | Cushion structure A cushion structure comprises a first fixing element, a second fixing element, a first cushion element, and a second cushion element. The first fixing element comprises a first board. The second fixing element comprises a second board and faces the first fixing elem... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7341152 | Packing cushion material A package made of pulp material for absorbing an external force applied to a solid object accommodated in a box is provided which may include a first pad having at least a point of contact with a top surface of the solid object and a second pad having at least a poi... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7341151 | Cushioning material and packing material for display module and transport method for display module An LCD module covered a protective film and stored in a vinyl bag is held by cushioning material, and the cushioning material is placed in a box. A plurality of grooves are formed in a mutually parallel fashion on the lower and upper members of the cushioning materi... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7331465 | Device with a hollow lid supporting contents A package-forming device comprising a box-forming element and a lid-forming element, wherein the lid-forming element includes a blister-type portion forming a packaging element provided with one or more recesses for receiving one or more articles to be packaged.... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7311203 | Geometrically-configured flexible packaging assembly A packaging apparatus comprising a pulp-based composition that provides protection to an equipment component (or other fragile or breakable item), provides ease in use during pre-packing and packing of an equipment component for transport, does not require the need ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7296680 | Packing structure and packing member of corrugated cardboard A corrugated-cardboard packing member 20 includes a pair of openings 25 provided in a bottom housing portion 21, a pair of spacer portions 22 formed so that cores of a corrugated-cardboard sheet extend in a direction substantially orthogo... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7295430 | Portable device having high strength A thin portable device having high strength. The portable device includes a portable device body for accommodating an electronic component used for communication. The portable device body includes an upper case and a lower case, each having a cavity. A holding frame... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293655 | Single piece organizer A revolutionary single piece organizer for storing or shipping objects without damaging the object. The organizer having a unitary, one piece stiff, bendable and deformable blank having a thickness. The blank having a bottom panel, a top panel, two side panels conne... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7258319 | Shipping base for appliances A shipping base for washers, dryers, and the like appliances. The base is in the form of a frame having top surfaces of outer parts thereof which are set relatively lower than the top surfaces of relative inner portions of the frame. Sockets are provided at the corn... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7246705 | Shipping container and dunnage therefor Dunnage for supporting elongated products arranged in layers in storage or shipping containers comprises elongated plastic strips having openings for receiving the goods and also having reinforcing members extending along their undersides which are removably receive... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7237675 | Bottle cradle stacking support A support apparatus for receiving and supporting stacked tiers of bottles, particularly wine bottles. The support apparatus is (a) located below a first tier of layers of wine bottles, (b) placed between tiers of bottles, in case of multiple layers of bottles, and (... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7225925 | Shock absorbent packaging structure A packaging structure for a container. The packaging structure includes a main frame including a first portion, a second portion and a connecting plate connecting the first and second portions, and a plurality of separators inserted in first and second grooves defin... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7225927 | Cup holder having frusto-conical cavities A cupholder for holding containers is provided with a number of container-holding cavities. Each of the container-holding cavities includes pairs of gripping flanges that extend inwardly toward centers of the cavities. The flanges include gripping points that extend... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7134553 | Packaging for fragile items One or more unique hinges are provided within panels of a fragility packaging article for use in retaining one or more fragile articles within a container (e.g., a corrugated box). The unique hinges provide predicted deformation paths that assist in protecting one o... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7075241 | Chassis base for plasma display device A plasma display device includes a chassis base that is substantially rectangular having long sides and short sides. A plasma display panel (PDP) is mounted to a panel attachment face of the chassis base, and at least one plasma display panel drive circuit board is ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6997318 | Packing apparatus for liquid crystal display modules A liquid crystal display module packing apparatus having a rectangular lower plate, first and second side walls that extend from sides of the lower plate, and an upper plate that extends from an upper edge of the first side wall. To provide structural support, a plu... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6968954 | Packing device for providing cushion feature A packing device made of thermo-formed plastic sheet includes a bottom plate having adjacent first recesses and each first recess has first flaps which are higher than a receiving plane of the first recess, and each first recess has a positioning portion in an insid... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6960012 | Method of mixing fluid in F-style container A method and apparatus of for mixing a tinting concentrate disposed in a container. The container is held inside a larger bucket by a base insert and a top insert. The bucket with the container secured therein is clamped to a table of a mixing apparatus. The table i... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6915905 | Packing buffer material A packing cushion material located between a packing article and a packing box to buffer shocks applied from the outside to protect electronic appliances such as audio apparatus and speaker apparatus and other articles housed and packed in the packing box is formed ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6843374 | Buffer packing apparatus A buffer packing apparatus for packing an object and increasing the buffering capacity between the object and a packaging box is provided. The buffer packing apparatus comprises a U-shaped column body and a pair of buffering sleeves. The two carrier boards in the U-... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6838138 | Synthetic resin container bearing label It is an object of the present invention to prevent the edge of the in-molded label from the crack due to the impact of dropping the container, especially to prevent the occurrence of the crack on the thin synthetic resin container and to provide the synthetic resin... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6811028 | Packing apparatus for plasma display panel module A PDP module packing apparatus includes PDP module packing units, each unit including a support member and a coupling unit for coupling a PDP module to a respective support member for supporting and preventing deformation of the PDP module; and shock absorbing units... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6712212 | Carton and a cushion member for placement into a carton A carton, a receptacle and a blank for packaging fragile articles, each comprising an article supporting platform, and upper and lower spacer structures provided to space the platform from the base, top and sides of an outer carton in which the receptacle is dispose... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6705469 | One-piece foldable protective shipping container/insert Reusable one-piece, foldable, elongate, protective shipping container element formed to conformably-receive and support a product of predetermined size and shape. The container element includes a central, product-receiving section united to opposed end sections by m... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6644476 | Cushion package structure A cushion package structure conforming to environmental protection recycling regulations utilizes corrugated paper and elastic cushion materials (EPE) to replace conventional polylone. The corrugated paper and EPE are latched and coupled together without ... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6533165 | Carton Tablets and other relatively fragile consumer products can be transported in a carton with little or no compromise to their integrity by providing bottom flaps of the carton with slits for cushioning the carton. Preferably, at least two adjacent flaps inc... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6439398 | Convertible board holder The present invention relates to a convertible board holder for positioning and cushioning at least one article each having two continuous side walls. The convertible board holder comprises a first portion, a second portion and a hinged portion. The first... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6398026 | Protective package The present invention is directed to packaging that is inexpensive, stylish and easily wrapped, and is acceptable to higher end retailers. The packaging of the present invention includes a base having a cavity with a flocked surface for supporting a produ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6149009 | Shipping container having a V-pack insert A carton for shipping fragile wares comprising a regular slotted container and an insert for suspending the wares between the top, bottom and side panels of the regular slotted container. The insert is characterized in that it includes upwardly and downwa... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6142304 | Thermoformed fragility packaging A unitary fragility packaging article for packaging at least one shock sensitive item within a container having multiple panels, includes in a preferred embodiment a platform portion defining a floor for supporting at least a portion of the item and havin... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6041933 | Nestable and stackable two-piece dunnage Dunnage for shipping densely packed objects is disclosed. The dunnage consists of trays for supporting objects. Each tray includes a plurality of alternating, spaced first and second bays. Each first bay is adapted to hold one end of the object, while eac... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6010007 | Thermoformed fragility packaging A unitary fragility packaging article for packaging at least one shock sensitive item within a container having multiple panels, includes in a preferred embodiment a platform portion defining a floor for supporting at least a portion of the item and havin... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5904251 | Container for flat panel A container 2 for flat panels comprising: a lower end holding shock absorber member 30 resiliently holding a lower end of said flat panel 34 contained in the container 2; an upper end holding shock absorber member 50 resiliently holding an upper end of th... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5816409 | Molded pulp fiber interior package cushioning structures New molded pulp and molded fiber structures provide interior package cushioning to protect products shipped in a package. The molded pulp fiber interior package cushioning (IPC) structure defines a cavity for receiving and holding a product to be shipped.... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816410 | Wafer cushions for wafer shipper The present invention is a shipping container for safely storing articles such as semiconductor wafers. The shipping container has two sidewalls sealingly connected to two end walls to form a generally rectangular interior wafer confinement area. A top co... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5806683 | Wrapped package and method using molded fiber inner structure A wrapped package for at least one product to be packaged comprising a molded fiber inner structure to provide a six-sided folded up rectangular package and sheet material at least partially enclosing the inner structure and providing planar surfaces on w... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5799796 | Spring system end cap for packaging fragile articles within shipping cartons A unitary spring system end cap packaging unit, for protecting a fragile article contained within a shipping carton, including a platform portion dimensioned to support at least a portion of a shock/vibration sensitive article, and a sidewall structure. T... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5772025 | Buffering pad for device packages A buffering pad for device packages is provided. The buffering pad is composed of a main member, a pair of lateral supporting members, and at least one protection member. The main member and the lateral supporting members are each formed by folding an int... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5720390 | Internal spacer for packaging of hazardous materials A spacer (30) for vessels of hazardous materials is formed of a single sheet of cardboard and includes a top panel 32 and a bottom panel 36. The top panel 32 and the bottom panel 36 are spaced from the top and the bottom of the shipping carton, respective... | 02/24/1998 |
