Modular packaging system for fragile planiform materials

a packaging system and fragile technology, applied in the field of packaging systems, can solve the problems of insufficient strength inability to meet the needs of use, wasteful disposal of wood frame crates, etc., and achieve the effect of convenient assembly

Inactive Publication Date: 2013-08-08
HUARD ARTHUR RHEAL +1
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This patent describes a packaging system for large, fragile panels that can be easily disassembled and assembled without special skills or tools. The system is designed to protect its contents from floor impact damage and can be moved by forklifts. It is made up of recyclable corrugated fibreboard blanks that are easy to transport and store. Overall, the system is economical, lightweight, and rigid, making it a great choice for protecting and moving large panels.

Problems solved by technology

Wood frame-based packaging systems, albeit traditional, proven technology, inherently suffer from several disadvantages.
Wood frame crates are heavy, typically requiring two or more persons or mechanized means to manipulate and move them; the process of constructing wood frame crates is generally lengthy and involved, requiring skilled workers, tools, and fasteners; once assembled, wood frame crates are bulky, occupying precious floor space in any commercial facility which uses them regularly; heavy and bulky, and being moved about of a shipping floor, wood frame crates present a workplace hazard; once delivered and unloaded, they are either wastefully discarded, or shipped back to the sender, as they are, at a non-trivial cost.
While suitable for individual, light panels, these systems do not possess the structural rigidity necessary for the packaging of stacks of relatively large and heavy panels.
In this application, corrugated fibreboard packaging in the form of an envelope in which a fragile panel is suspended appears to reach its structural limitation.
This design suffers from many of the aforesaid disadvantages of traditional wooden crates, and is limited to packaging a predetermined number of identical panels.
Although flexible in that it can accommodate any number of panels (within limits) in a range of dimensions, this system, too, is limited to packaging panels of the same width and height.
Moreover, assembly of the two parts of the bracing members requires drilling holes, fastening bolts, and trimming protruding sections which adds considerably to the time required to assemble the entire package.

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[0056]A packaging system constructed according to the present invention, in its fully assembled, loaded, and bound state, is depicted in FIG. 1-3 and is denoted generally by reference numeral 1.

[0057]Referring to FIG. 1, packaging system 1 is comprised of three main elements: a stack 5 of one or more multi-part panel cases 6, each containing a single fragile panel to be packaged (three such panel cases are stacked in the exemplary embodiment depicted in FIG. 1); two pairs of support and carriage pillars, each pair consisting of pillar 2 and a geometrically mirrored pillar 2m, the respective pillars of each pair embracing stack 5 on opposite faces at either end thereof; two base blocks 3 upon which stack 5 rests, an end section of each block securely engaged within a corresponding recess at the bottom of each of support pillars 2 and 2m.

[0058]The use of two-part support structures (viz. pillars 2 and 2m) to buttress stack 5 permits the packaging of any number of units of panel case ...

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A modular packaging system of corrugated fibreboard construction is provided for relatively large-scale, fragile planiform materials, such as glass doors and architectural glass panels. Panels in a predetermined range of dimensions are individually enclosed within an adaptable, protective case. One or more loaded panel cases, in a substantially vertical orientation, are stacked horizontally and strapped together with a pair of buttressing pillars at each end, on opposite faces thereof. Two shock-absorbing base blocks are provided, upon which said panel case or bound stack rests. Each base block is a laminate, constructed of bonded corrugated fibreboard panels, and is disposed underneath the panel case or stack of cases, proximal to a respective lateral edge thereof, with its ends secured within recesses at the base of the pillars bound at that end.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]I. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates generally to packaging systems and particularly to a packaging system of corrugated fibreboard construction for the transportation and storage of relatively large-scale fragile planiform materials, such as glass doors and architectural panels.[0003]II. Brief Description of the Prior Art[0004]Continual advances, over many centuries, in manufacturing processes of glass resulted in the commercial availability of increasingly large sheets of glass. With the introduction to market of architectural glass, a need arose for packaging systems for the safe transportation and storage of large and heavy glass panels.[0005]Various designs of crates and racks have emerged to satisfy this need, typically featuring a wooden frame supporting a horizontal stack of glass panels, each panel standing on edge either vertically or somewhat inclined. One example of such a system is U.S. Pat. No. 2,839,198A (F. J. ...

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IPC IPC(8): B65D85/48
CPCB65D85/48B65D5/5071B65D81/127B65D81/056
InventorHUARD, ARTHUR RHEALLAURA HUARD, JACQUELINE LUCY
OwnerHUARD ARTHUR RHEAL