Patent ID: 8181787
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A package assembly, comprising: a container having a bottom surface connected to a first inside side panel opposite a second inside side panel; and an arched member for holding an article inside of the container; wherein the arched member is comprised of a generally planar material that is shaped into an arched state defined at its outer periphery by a first substantially linear side opposite a second substantially linear side and a first arched curve opposite a second arched curve, the first and the second arched curves connecting the first and the second substantially linear sides, said arched member, except for the first and the second substantially linear sides, lying substantially outside of a plane containing the first and the second substantially linear sides; and wherein at least one of the first and the second substantially linear sides is substantially adjacent one of the first and the second inside side panels; wherein the first substantially linear side is supported by a first vertical support, the second substantially linear side is supported by a second vertical support, and the first and the second vertical supports are substantially perpendicular to the bottom surface; wherein the first substantially linear side is integrally formed with the first vertical support and the second substantially linear side is integrally formed with the second vertical support; and wherein at least one of the first and the second vertical supports is fixedly attached to at least one of the first and the second inside panels.