Packing member

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12344452-B2
Application number	US-202418634468-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 12, 2024
Priority date	Apr 20, 2023
Publication date	Jul 1, 2025
Grant date	Jul 1, 2025

Abstract

A packing member includes a packing case, a first cushioning member that includes a side plate and a second cushioning member that is arranged between the side plate and the packing case, the first cushioning member includes a first engagement portion, the first engagement portion is coupled to an upper edge of the side plate, the second cushioning member includes a second engagement portion, the first cushioning member and the second cushioning member are stored in the packing case, and the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion are engaged with each other by turning the first engagement portion downward such that the first cushioning member is located and the first engagement portion is turned upward such that the engagement of the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion is released.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A packing member comprising:
a packing case that includes an opening in an upper portion and that an item to be packed is removed from and inserted into via the opening;
a first cushioning member that includes a side plate which is arranged opposite the item to be packed in a first direction; and
a second cushioning member that is arranged between the side plate and the packing case,
wherein the first cushioning member includes a first engagement portion,
the first engagement portion is coupled to an upper edge of the side plate and is bent at a part coupled to the side plate such that a tip on a side opposite to a side coupled to the side plate can be turned vertically with the coupled part used as a fulcrum,
the second cushioning member includes a second engagement portion that can be engaged with the first engagement portion,
the first cushioning member and the second cushioning member are stored in the packing case, and the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion are engaged with each other by turning the first engagement portion downward such that the first cushioning member is located with respect to the second cushioning member and
the first engagement portion is turned upward in a state where the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion are engaged with each other such that the engagement of the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion is released.

2. The packing member according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second cushioning member includes
a base plate that is arranged opposite the side plate in the first direction and
a pair of cushioning portions that are coupled to an upper edge of the base plate and are bent into a square tube shape on an outward side relative to the base plate in the first direction,

the pair of cushioning portions are spaced opposite each other in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction,
the second cushioning member includes, as the second engagement portion, a pair of end surfaces of the pair of cushioning portions that are spaced opposite each other in the second direction and
the first engagement portion is bent over the upper edge of the base plate and is sandwiched between the pair of end surfaces in the second direction such that the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion are engaged with each other.

3. The packing member according to claim 2 ,
wherein a width of at least the tip of the first engagement portion in the second direction is greater than a distance between the pair of end surfaces in the second direction.

4. The packing member according to claim 2 ,
wherein the first engagement portion includes a hole that penetrates in a direction of a thickness of the first engagement portion,
the base plate includes a projection that protrudes upward from the upper edge of the base plate and
in the state where the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion are engaged with each other, the projection is inserted into the hole.

5. The packing member according to claim 2 ,
wherein the second cushioning member includes a grasping plate that is coupled to the upper edge of the base plate,
the grasping plate includes
a first grasping portion that is bent downward from the upper edge of the base plate and
a second grasping portion that is bent upward from an edge of the first grasping portion on a side opposite to a side coupled to the base plate and is arranged on an outward side relative to the first grasping portion in the first direction,

the first engagement portion includes an engagement protrusion that protrudes from the tip,
the second grasping portion includes an engagement hole that penetrates in a direction of a thickness of the second grasping portion,
in the state where the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion are engaged with each other, the engagement protrusion is inserted into the engagement hole from an inward side in the first direction and
in the state where the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion are engaged with each other, the grasping plate is pulled upward to be extended such that a position of the engagement hole in an up/down direction with the engagement protrusion inserted into the engagement hole is displaced upward, and thus the first engagement portion is turned upward to release the engagement of the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion.

6. The packing member according to claim 5 ,
wherein each of the pair of cushioning portions includes a plate-shaped part in which the up/down direction is a direction of a thickness of the plate-shaped part,
the pair of plate-shaped parts sandwich the second grasping portion in the second direction,
the second grasping portion includes a pair of locking pieces that protrude outward in the second direction from both ends of the second grasping portion in the second direction and
in the state where the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion are engaged with each other, the pair of locking pieces are in contact with lower surfaces of the pair of plate-shaped parts.

Assignees

• Kyocera Document Solutions Inc

Inventors

• Nemoto Shinji

Classifications

• B65D2585/689

  office or shop equipment · CPC title

• B65D81/02

  specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage {(containers of polygonal cross-section provided with internal protecting elements for contents B65D5/50; devices to locate articles in containers B65D25/10)} · CPC title

• B65D81/054

  Protectors contacting two generally perpendicular surfaces of the packaged article, e.g. edge protectors (B65D81/055 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B65D5/5047

  Blocks · CPC title

• B65D81/113 Primary

  of a shape specially adapted to accommodate contents {(B65D81/053 takes precedence)} · CPC title