Patent ID: 6668519
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: B65B,B65D

Abstract:
An apparatus for removably packaging an object in a shipping container without damaging the shipping container, the shipping container having a base for receiving the object; a plurality of corner posts for protecting corners of the object, each post having a first end affixed to a portion of the base and a second, opposed end in a spaced apart relationship to the base, the base and corner posts forming a base-corner posts component; and, a flexible sleeve material removably positioned over the base and corner posts component, the flexible sleeve material being capable of being removed from and replaced on the base-corner posts component without being torn or destroyed,the apparatus comprising: a means for positioning the object on the base-corner posts component to form an assembled object-base-corner posts component, a first means for holding the flexible sleeve material in an open position, the flexible sleeve material having a cross-sectional area that is stretchable to be larger than the cross-sectional area of the assembled object-base-corner post component; a second means for engaging the opened flexible sleeve material, wherein the second means is in a coaxial position with the first means, the second means being moveable from a first position to a second position for engaging the opened flexible sleeve material; and, a third means for engaging the object-base-corner posts component and for disengaging the object-base-corner posts component into the flexible sleeve material.