Patent ID: 6431361
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
Container paneling which is foldable to form a pneumatically padded box comprising:a substantially flat sheet of box material having fold lines demarcated thereon which fold lines define a box bottom region of the sheet and a box top region of the sheet and box side regions of the sheet, said sheet of box material having an inner face which bounds the interior of the box when the sheet of box material is folded into a box configuration, and an array of inflatable air pouches secured to said inner face of said flat sheet of box material wherein air pouches are situated at each of said box bottom and box top and box side regions of said sheet, wherein said flat sheet of box material is rectangular and has longitudinally extending opposite edges and transversely extending opposite edges, wherein said fold lines include a pair of spaced apart longitudinal fold lines which extend in parallel relationship with said longitudinal edges and three spaced apart transverse fold lines which extend in parallel relationship with said transverse edges thereby defining four of said box side regions which are situated between said longitudinal fold lines and defining four box bottom flaps situated between one of said opposite edges and a one of said longitudinal fold lines and defining four box top flaps situated between the other of said opposite edges and the other of said longitudinal fold lines, one of said air pouches being secured to said flat sheet of box material at each of said box side regions and at least one of said box bottom flaps and at least one of said box top flaps.