Patent · US Expired

Cushioning packaging media

US4696401A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 2, 1986
Grant dateSep 29, 1987
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Expiry dateJun 2, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B23/023
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A packaging medium comprises: PA1 (a) a flexible support wall, and PA1 (b) fins integral with that wall to project generally toward a structure to be packaged, to confine same during such packaging, PA1 (c) the fins being resiliently and yieldably deflectible to bend relative to the support wall in response to squeezing relatively toward the structure, PA1 (d) the fins extending in generally parallel planes and having terminal edges that define a positioning plane relative to which the fin planes are out of perpendicularity.

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