IP Library › Granted Patent US 8,919,564
Granted Patent B2
US 8,919,564 · App. 14/261,302 · Granted Dec 30, 2014

Packaging case and pack body

Inventor: Yohei Noguchi (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
B65D5/42
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,919,564
App. No.
14/261,302
Granted
Dec 30, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A packaging case includes a body, a fixed support portion, and a movable support portion. Body includes storage space, and has openings that are formed in top face thereof and bottom face thereof and that are in communication with storage space. Fixed support portion is fixed to body and is provided at first position at which fixed support portion is capable of supporting article to be packed stored in storage space. Movable support portion is provided in body so as to be movable in storage space, is configured to support article at first position, along with fixed support portion, and is configured to move, when packaging case has been taken out of exterior case and placed on predetermined face, to second position defined above first position to support article in a state where at least a part of article is exposed from opening in top face to outside.

Claims (18)

1. A packaging case to be stored in an exterior case, the packing case comprising:

a body having a storage space in which an article to be packed is to be stored, the body having openings that are formed in a top face thereof and a bottom face thereof and that are in communication with the storage space;

a fixed support portion fixed to the body and provided at a first position at which the fixed support portion is capable of supporting the article stored in the storage space; and

a movable support portion provided in the body so as to be movable in the storage space, configured to support the article at the first position, along with the fixed support portion, and configured to move, when the packaging case has been taken out of the exterior case and placed on a predetermined face, to a second position defined above the first position to support the article, in a state where at least a part of the article is exposed from the opening in the top face to outside.

2. The packaging case according to claim 1 , wherein

the movable support portion includes an upper end portion configured to support a bottom face of the article and a lower end portion provided below the upper end portion, and

the upper end portion is positioned at the first position in a state where the lower end portion protrudes from the opening in the bottom face to outside of the storage space, or is positioned at the second position in a state where the lower end portion is sunk within the storage space from the opening in the bottom face.

3. The packaging case according to claim 2 , wherein

in a case storage state where the packaging case is stored at a predetermined position in the exterior case, a part of a bottom face of the fixed support portion is supported on a predetermined position in the exterior case, and the lower end portion protrudes into a space formed below a bottom face of the packaging case.

4. The packaging case according to claim 2 , wherein

in a case placement state where the packaging case has been taken out of the exterior case and placed on the predetermined face, the upper end portion is inclined, associated with upward movement of the lower end portion due to the packaging case having been placed on the predetermined face.

5. The packaging case according to claim 1 , wherein

the body, the fixed support portion, and the movable support portion are formed by a sheet material being folded.

6. The packaging case according to claim 5 , wherein

the movable support portion is formed in a long strip shape whose one end in a longitudinal direction is a fixed end connected to the body and whose other end in the longitudinal direction is a free end being displaceable, the movable support portion being structured by being folded a plurality of times from the fixed end to the free end in a same direction.

7. The packaging case according to claim 5 , wherein

the body, the fixed support portion, and the movable support portion are integrally formed from a corrugated board having a sheet shape.

8. A pack body comprising: the packaging case according to claim 1 ; a product having a recessed portion formed in a top face thereof; and the exterior case having the packaging case and the product being packed therein, wherein the packaging case is arranged above the product, in a state where the movable support portion protrudes into the recessed portion when an entirety of the article is stored in the storage space and the movable support portion is at the first position.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 24, 2014
From: NOGUCHI, YOHEI
To: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
Reel/Frame 032752/0852 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-094822 · Apr 27, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140319011A1 · Oct 30, 2014