Shipping container and packaging cushion assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12214950-B2
Application number	US-202318483633-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 10, 2023
Priority date	Jun 11, 2021
Publication date	Feb 4, 2025
Grant date	Feb 4, 2025

Abstract

A shipping assembly is described. The assembly includes a shipping container, a bottom structure, and a top structure. The bottom and top structures retain objects in a spaced-apart arrangement within the shipping container. A paperboard sheet is folded into three horizontal layers to form the bottom structure. A first layer has apertures to retain the objects. A second layer is below and spaced apart from the first layer with a substantially flat surface below the first apertures. A third layer is below and spaced apart from the second layer. Another paperboard sheet is folded into two horizontal layers to form the top structure. A fourth layer has another set of apertures to retain the objects. A fifth layer is above and spaced apart from the fourth layer. The apertures are align to position the objects in the shipping container.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. Packaging for a shipping container comprising:
a first paperboard sheet configured to be folded into a bottom structure for objects placed in the shipping container, the first paperboard sheet comprising:
a first region comprising a plurality of first apertures;
a pair of first sidewall regions, each of the first sidewall regions coupled to an opposite side of the first region and separated therefrom by a first set of perforations;
a pair of second regions, each of the second regions coupled to different ones of the first sidewall regions and separated therefrom by a second set of perforations;
a pair of second sidewall regions, each of the second sidewall regions coupled to different ones of the second regions and separated therefrom by a third set of perforations;
a pair of third regions, each of the third regions coupled to different ones of the second sidewall regions and separated therefrom by a fourth set of perforations; and
a pair of third sidewall regions, each of the third sidewall regions coupled to different ones of the third regions and separated therefrom by a fifth set of perforations,

wherein each of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth sets of perforations form lines between a first common edge and a second common edge, the first common edge and the second common edge each being common to the first region, the second regions, and the third regions, and
wherein the second sidewall regions comprise retaining tab structures formed at each of the first common edge and the second common edge.

2. The packaging for the shipping container of claim 1 , wherein the first region comprise six first apertures.

3. The packaging for the shipping container of claim 1 , wherein the retaining tab structures comprise a dove-tail shape.

4. The packaging for the shipping container of claim 1 , wherein the first paperboard sheet comprises a corrugated board sheet.

5. The packaging for the shipping container of claim 1 , wherein the pair of second sidewall regions each comprise a support structure that extends past respective ones of the fourth set of perforations and partially into respective ones of the third regions.

6. The packaging for the shipping container of claim 5 , wherein each support structure comprises a height extending from the respective one of the fourth set of perforations, and wherein the combination of the height with a distance between a third perforation and a fourth perforation is substantially equal to a height of one of the first sidewall regions that extends between a first perforation and a second perforation.

7. The packaging for the shipping container of claim 5 , wherein the support structure comprises a semi-circular shape.

8. The packaging for the shipping container of claim 1 , wherein the pair of third sidewall regions each comprise a support structure that extends past respective ones of the fifth set of perforations and partially into respective ones of the third regions.

9. The packaging for the shipping container of claim 8 , wherein each support structure comprises a height extending from the respective one of the fifth set of perforations, and wherein the combination of the height with a distance between an outer edge of the first paperboard sheet and a fifth perforation is substantially equal to a height of one of the first sidewall regions that extends between a first perforation and a second perforation.

10. The packaging for the shipping container of claim 8 , wherein the support structure comprises a semi-circular shape.

11. Packaging for a shipping container comprising:
a first paperboard sheet configured to be folded into a bottom structure for objects placed in the shipping container, the first paperboard sheet comprising:
a first region comprising a plurality of first apertures,
a pair of first sidewall regions, each of the first sidewall regions coupled to an opposite side of the first region and separated therefrom by a first set of perforations,
a pair of second regions, each of the second regions coupled to different ones of the first sidewall regions and separated therefrom by a second set of perforations,
a pair of second sidewall regions, each of the second sidewall regions coupled to different ones of the second regions and separated therefrom by a third set of perforations,
a pair of third regions, each of the third regions coupled to different ones of the second sidewall regions and separated therefrom by a fourth set of perforations, and
a pair of third sidewall regions, each of the third sidewall regions coupled to different ones of the third regions and separated therefrom by a fifth set of perforations; and

a second paperboard sheet configured to be folded into a top structure for the objects, the second paperboard sheet comprising:
a fourth region comprising a plurality of second apertures,
a pair of fourth sidewall regions, each of the fourth sidewall regions coupled to an opposite side of the fourth region and separated therefrom by a sixth set of perforations,
a pair of fifth regions, each of the fifth regions coupled to different ones of the fourth sidewall regions and separated therefrom by a seventh set of perforations, and
a pair of fifth sidewall regions, each of the fifth sidewall regions coupled to an opposite side of the fourth region and separated therefrom by an eighth set of perforations.

12. The packaging for the shipping container of claim 11 , wherein each of the sixth, seventh, and eighth sets of perforations form lines between a third common edge and a fourth common edge, the third common edge and the fourth common edge each being common to the fourth region and the fifth regions.

13. The packaging for the shipping container of claim 12 , wherein the fifth sidewall regions comprise retaining tab structures formed at each of the third common edge and the fourth common edge.

14. The packaging for the shipping container of claim 11 , wherein a diameter of the first apertures is greater than a diameter of the second apertures.

15. The packaging for the shipping container of claim 11 , wherein the fourth region comprise six second apertures.

16. The packaging for the shipping container of claim 11 , wherein second apertures are positioned within the second paperboard sheet so as to align concentrically with the first apertures when the first paperboard sheet and the second paperboard sheet are folded and positioned atop one another within a shipping container.

17. The packaging for the shipping container of claim 13 , wherein the retaining tab structures comprise a dove-tail shape.

18. The packaging for the shipping container of claim 11 , wherein the second paperboard sheet comprises a corrugated board sheet.

19. Packaging for a shipping container comprising:
a first paperboard sheet configured to be folded into a bottom structure for objects placed in the shipping container, the first paperboard sheet comprising:
a first region comprising a plurality of first apertures;
a pair of first sidewall regions, each of the first sidewall regions coupled to an opposite side of the first region and separated therefrom by a first set of perforations;
a pair of second regions, each of the second regions coupled to different ones of the first sidewall regions and separated therefrom by a second set of perforations;
a pair of second sidewall regions, each of the second sidewall regions coupled to different ones of the second regions and separated therefrom by a third set of perforations;
a pair of third regions, ea

Assignees

• Federal Express Corp

Inventors

• Zhou Yongquan

Classifications

• B65D2581/053

  Paper in general, e.g. paperboard, carton, molded paper · CPC title

• B65D71/403

  formed by folding several blanks · CPC title

• B65D25/108

  Devices, e.g. plates, presenting apertures through which the articles project · CPC title

• B65D81/133 Primary

  of a shape specially adapted to accommodate contents, e.g. trays {(B65D81/053 takes precedence; thermally insulated trays B65D81/3816, B65D81/3827)} · CPC title

• B65D5/5059 Primary

  Paper panels presenting one or more openings or recesses in wich at least a part of the contents are located (B65D5/5038, B65D5/5052, B65D5/5057 and B65D5/5286 take precedence) · CPC title