Patent ID: 6594078
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
A first stackable package apparatus, comprising:a housing portion having bottom, top, left, right, front, and rear sides in which at least the top and rear sides include surfaces that are shaped to form a contoured recess; and a pedestal portion having bottom, top, left, right, front, and rear sides in which at least the bottom and front sides of the pedestal portion include surfaces that are sized to mate with the contoured recess of the housing portion when the first stackable package is in a shippable configuration and in which the top side of the pedestal portion is mated to the bottom side of the housing portion when the stackable package is in a first operational configuration, wherein when the first stackable package is stacked below a second stackable package that is substantially the same as the first stackable package, the shippable configuration further forms a second operational configuration, the shippable configuration and the second operational configuration being smaller than the first operational configuration and within an allowable size limit for shipping the package apparatus.