Containers for fragile articles
US4375262A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 10, 1981 |
| Grant date | Mar 1, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 10, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65D85/42
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
This invention relates to an improved package or container made of a rigid cellular foam for protecting fragile articles such as light bulbs during storage or transport and is composed of two hingedly connected housing elements having recesses adapted to enclose said article; holding it in snug engagement within the container and having outer surfaces sloped at each end and polygonal shaped intermediate portions forming ribs providing protection to the contained article in a radial direction, with coplanar flanges extending outwardly from the foregoing recesses in a plane substantially perpendicular to the cross-sectional plane defined by said polygonal ribs.
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