Geometrically-configured flexible packaging assembly
View Patent ↗A packaging apparatus comprising a pulp-based composition that provides protection to an equipment component (or other fragile or breakable item), provides ease in use during pre-packing and packing of an equipment component for transport, does not require the need for additional packing components in combination with the packaging assembly, provides shock protection during transport, is reusable, and is economically suited for its end use, is provided for. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, the present invention is a molded, one piece packing assembly comprised of substantially a pulp-based composition. The present invention is advantageously designed using specific geometries which, contrary to traditional designs, benefit from the stressing and flexing characteristics of paper fiber.
1. A unitary packaging assembly kit comprising at least one packaging assembly formed from material stock being substantially of a non-rigid composition, having a butterfly geometry, comprising:
an outer sidewall having i) a plurality of arcuate coves, wherein each of the arcuate coves has a first end and a second end, and ii) a plurality of stress absorbing seams, such that a stress absorbing seam is situated at the first end and the second end of each arcuate cove; and
a lower assembly floor that is framed by the outer sidewall, the lower assembly floor having
i) an elevated receiving bed that includes a concave dome having a dome perimeter, and
ii) an electrical component that is on the elevated receiving bed.
2. The kit of claim 1 , further comprising instructions.
3. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein said non-rigid composition is primarily pulp-based.
4. The assembly of claim 3 , wherein said pulp-based composition is primarily newsprint.
5. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the outer sidewall has a lower perimeter having a lower rim that is coupled to the lower assembly floor and an upper perimeter, and further wherein said lower perimeter is less than said upper perimeter.
6. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein said dome has a non-circular perimeter.