Container

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12291388-B2
Application number	US-202318134513-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 13, 2023
Priority date	Apr 28, 2022
Publication date	May 6, 2025
Grant date	May 6, 2025

Abstract

A container includes a container main body and a cushioning. The container main body is configured with an accommodation space that is to accommodate a to-be-accommodated object with a flat plate shape. The container main body includes a base, a side wall, and a recess. The recess is formed in a peripheral part of the base and recessed from a surface of the base. The cushioning is to be set in the recess in multiple different postures. The cushioning has a first surface including a first receiving surface and a second receiving surface. In a state in which the cushioning in a first posture or a second posture is set in the recess, the first receiving surface or the second receiving surface faces the accommodation space and the second receiving surface or the first receiving surface is buried in the recess.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A container comprising:
a container main body configured with an accommodation space that is to accommodate a to-be-accommodated object with a flat plate shape; and
a cushioning to be set in the container main body, wherein
the container main body includes:
a base;
a side wall standing from the base; and
a recess that is formed in a peripheral part of the base and that is recessed from a surface of the base,

the cushioning is to be set in the recess in multiple different postures,
the cushioning has a first surface including a first receiving surface and a second receiving surface,
in a state in which the cushioning in a first posture is set in the recess, the first receiving surface faces the accommodation space in a first direction substantially perpendicular to an inner surface of the side wall and the second receiving surface is buried in the recess, and
in a state in which the cushioning in a second posture is set in the recess, the second receiving surface faces the accommodation space in the first direction and the first receiving surface is buried in the recess,
wherein the recess has a depth, from the surface of the base, that is half of a length of the cushioning in a second direction or that is deeper than the half of the length of the cushioning in the second direction, and
the second direction is a direction substantially perpendicular to the surface of the base.

2. The container according to claim 1 , wherein
the cushioning is 180-degree rotationally symmetrical about a first symmetric axis extending along the first direction,
the first direction is further substantially perpendicular to the first surface, and
in the state in which the cushioning in the first posture is set in the recess, the first receiving surface and the second receiving surface are symmetrical with each other with respect to a specific plane that passes through a central part of the cushioning in the second direction and that is substantially in parallel to the surface of the base.

3. The container according to claim 1 , wherein
the cushioning further includes:
a first fit portion located at one end of the cushioning in a third direction in the state in which the cushioning in the first posture is set in the recess; and
a second fit portion located at another end of the cushioning in the third direction in the state in which the cushioning in the first posture is set in the recess,

the third direction is a direction substantially parallel to the first surface and the surface of the base, and
the container main body further includes:
a first main body fit portion that is provided so as to continuously extend from the side wall to the recess and that engages with one of the first fit portion and the second fit portion according to a posture of the cushioning set in the recess; and
a second main body fit portion that is provided so as to continuously extend from the side wall to the recess and that engages with another one of the first fit portion and the second fit portion according to the posture of the cushioning set in the recess.

4. The container according to claim 1 , wherein
the cushioning further includes:
a fifth fit portion located at one end of the cushioning in the second direction in the state in which the cushioning in the first posture is set in the recess; and
a sixth fit portion located at another end of the cushioning in the second direction in the state in which the cushioning in the first posture is set in the recess,

the recess includes a base fit portion provided at a bottom of the recess, and
the base fit portion is fitted to either the fifth fit portion or the sixth fit portion according to a posture of the cushioning set in the recess.

5. The container according to claim 1 , wherein
the peripheral part of the base has:
a first area located outside a position that aligns with an inner surface of the side wall in a planar view; and
a second area located inside the position that aligns with the inner surface of the side wall in the planar view,

the recess is formed so as to continuously extend from the first area to the second area,
the side wall is configured with a cut that matches a first portion of the recess that belongs to the first area in the planar view, and
a part of the cushioning set in the recess is located in the cut in the side wall.

6. A container comprising:
a container main body configured with an accommodation space that is to accommodate a to-be-accommodated object with a flat plate shape; and
a cushioning to be set in the container main body, wherein
the container main body includes:
a base;
a side wall standing from the base; and
a recess that is formed in a peripheral part of the base and that is recessed from a surface of the base,

the cushioning is to be set in the recess in multiple different postures,
the cushioning has a first surface including a first receiving surface and a second receiving surface,
in a state in which the cushioning in a first posture is set in the recess, the first receiving surface faces the accommodation space and the second receiving surface is buried in the recess, and
in a state in which the cushioning in a second posture is set in the recess, the second receiving surface faces the accommodation space and the first receiving surface is buried in the recess, wherein
the cushioning further has a second surface located on an opposite side of the first surface,
the second surface includes a third receiving surface and a fourth receiving surface,
in a state in which the cushioning in a third posture is set in the recess, the third receiving surface faces the accommodation space, the fourth receiving surface is buried in the recess, and the first receiving surface and the second receiving surface confront an opposite side of the accommodation space, and
in a state in which the cushioning in a fourth posture is set in the recess, the fourth receiving surface faces the accommodation space, the third receiving surface is buried in the recess, and the first receiving surface and the second receiving surface confront the opposite side of the accommodation space.

7. The container according to claim 6 , wherein
the cushioning is 180-degree rotationally symmetrical about a first symmetric axis extending along a first direction,
the cushioning is 180-degree rotationally symmetrical about a second symmetric axis extending along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction,
the first direction is a direction substantially perpendicular to the first surface,
in the state in which the cushioning in the first posture is set in the recess, the second direction corresponds to a direction substantially perpendicular to the surface of the base,
the first surface and the second surface are located on opposite sides of each other with the second symmetric axis therebetween,
in the state in which the cushioning in the first posture is set in the recess, the first receiving surface and the second receiving surface are symmetrical with each other with respect to a specific plane that passes through a central part of the cushioning in the second direction and that is substantially in parallel to the surface of the base, and
in the state in which the cushioning in the first posture is set in the recess, the third receiving surface and the fourth receiving surface are symmetrical with each other with respect to the specific plane.

8. The container according to claim 6 , wherein
the cushioning further has:
a third surface that includes a fifth receiving surface and a sixth receiving surface and that connects one end of the first surface to one end of the second surface; and
a fourth surface that includes a seven

Assignees

• Sakai Display Products Corp

Inventors

• Uchida Takashi

Classifications

• B65D85/48 Primary

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• B65D81/107

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• B65D2581/055

  Plastic in general, e.g. foamed plastic, molded plastic, extruded plastic · CPC title

• B65D81/053 Primary

  Corner, edge or end protectors · CPC title

• B65D85/30

  for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure · CPC title