Patent ID: 9555945
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: B65D

Claim:
1. A wedge article for immobilizing one or more objects that are placed in a box having a bottom and at least four side walls, the one or more objects forming an upper surface opposite the bottom of the box, the wedge article comprising: a sheet having a central portion of a polygonal shape that is generally square or rectangular, said central portion having dimensions corresponding to the bottom of the box, said sheet having one or more flaps on each of at least two edges of said central portion, the one or more flaps attached by an articulation to said central portion so as to allow movement of the one or more flaps to conform against the sidewalls of the box so as to fasten the wedge article on the sidewalls of the box after the wedge article has been pushed down into the box, said central portion having a plurality of grooves of curved or straight segments of folding lines within said central portion to facilitate a deformation of the wedge article to conform to a shape of the upper surface, said plurality of grooves terminating at a periphery of said central portion, said plurality of grooves not parallel with the edges of said central portion and not all parallel with each other, wherein said central portion defines front and rear opposing edges parallel to each other and defines left and right opposing edges perpendicular to the front and rear opposing edges, the front edge being adjacent to and between the left and right opposing edges, the rear edge being between and adjacent the left and right opposing edges, at least two edges of said central portion being adjacent edges in which each of the at least two of the edges have the one or more flaps attached to said central portion by articulations, each groove of the plurality of grooves extending between the at least two edges that are adjacent to the edges having the one or more flaps, wherein each of the articulations has a given length and wherein each groove of said plurality of grooves does not terminate within the given length of the articulation.