Patent ID: 7228965
Filing Date: 2007-06-12
Classification: B65B,B65D

Abstract:
1. A packaging assembly useable for erecting, packaging and displaying an appliance, comprising: a base pad disposable under an appliance to be packaged, said base pad having extended, upwardly folding flanges on at least two sides thereof; a plurality of rigid posts each having a first end portion disposed on said base pad, each post being disposed alongside an upright corner of the appliance to be packaged and having an opposing second end portion; each of said first end portions of said posts being fixedly attached to an adjacent one of said upwardly folding flanges and to said base pad at a corner thereof; and each of said first end portions of said posts is disposed between adjacent one of said folding flanges of the base pad and one of a plurality of cutaway segments at the corner of the base pad; a cover disposed over the second end portion of the plurality of posts, the cover having a lifting flange member having a discrete reinforcing member arranged across at least one side of the cover.