Protective package for an automobile part
a protection package and automobile part technology, applied in the direction of packaging, containers to prevent mechanical damage, packaging, etc., can solve the problems of suppliers stopping shipping vehicle hoods, difficult parts to ship, so as to minimize or eliminate damage to the automobile part being shipped, increase the distance of automobile parts being shipped, and reduce the risk of automobile parts being damaged.
Active Publication Date: 2013-03-19
BATAVIA CONTAINER
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The invention provides a protective package for automobile parts to prevent damage during shipping. The package includes a carton, side rail supports, and padded supports to secure the part. This helps to minimize or eliminate damage to the part and ensures it is safe for assembly and use.
Problems solved by technology
When a vehicle accident occurs, it is usually necessary to replace various parts of the vehicle.
With the body part, one major problem involves appropriate storage of body parts, until the particular use is desired.
Because not all body parts are heavily supported or braced, it is difficult to ship parts.
One of the most difficult parts to ship is a vehicle hood or cover for the engine compartment.
Some aftermarket suppliers have stopped shipping vehicle hoods because of the difficulty and expense of getting the hoods, to a desired location in an undamaged condition.
More particularly, it is known that is very difficult to ship a hood for a Mercedes.
In spite of substantial efforts to correct the package and greatly reduce the damage to any part contained in the package, the efforts have met with no success.
In fact, more than twenty-five (25%) percent of these shipped hoods are known to arrive in a damaged condition.
This damage problem imposes many undesirable limits.
One such limit is the distance a hood may be shipped.
Such difficulties also lead a lack of flexibility in type or size of a hood that can be packed and shipped.
Furthermore, it is difficult to develop a package acceptable to the commercial delivery services.
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[0059]In accordance with the present invention, a protective package for a part to be shipped has a slotted side rail placed on either side of the part. The two side rails containing or supporting the part are inserted into a carton. Some buttressing members are inserted into the slots. Other buttressing members are positioned between each slotted side rail and a side of the carton to further support the part, considering that the part is not perfectly rectangular.
[0060]This particular package meets the standards set by Federal Express and solves that company's concern over high damage incidence rates. Furthermore, the protective package meets and exceeds International Safe Transit Association ISTA (hereafter ISTA) standards for testing by being drop tested from 30 inches to a hard surface, which is in excess of the normal 12 inch drop test, and still provides adequate protection. Such a protective package solves the problems of damage to the hood, shipping distance limitations, fle...
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[0001]This invention relates to a protective package, especially for an automobile part, and more particularly, to a protective package for an automobile part, especially a hood, which complies with shipping standards and permits efficient shipping of the part.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]When a vehicle accident occurs, it is usually necessary to replace various parts of the vehicle. These parts of the vehicle are body parts, frame parts, mechanical parts, or electrical parts. With the body part, one major problem involves appropriate storage of body parts, until the particular use is desired.[0003]Because vehicle body parts are generally large and require a substantial amount of storage space, it is usually desirable to warehouse the body parts, and ship the body parts to the desired location. The desired location is usually a body shop that actually makes the vehicle repairs.[0004]Since warehouse space can be expensive, it is desired to reduce the number of warehouses and prov...
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IPC IPC(8): B65D85/30
CPCB65D5/5052B65D81/107
InventorDAHL, EDWARDJENSEN, SCOTT R.WATERMAN, JEFF A.WIANS, RANDY J.
OwnerBATAVIA CONTAINER