Patent ID: 6769548
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A packing structure for an article with an elongated edge, the structure comprising:at least a partial enclosure with spaced side walls coupled by an end wall, defining an internal channel with corners at junctions of the end wall and the side a spacer arranged to fit into the channel, so as to bear against the side walls and the end wall, the spacer defining an elongated substantially V-shaped fold between two V-wall panels, arranged to receive the edge of the article, with the edge of the article resting in a bottom of the V-shaped fold; the spacer having two bearing legs comprising elongated panels respectively coupled to the V-wall panels, each of the bearing legs extending from a fold at a junction with one of the V-wall panels to one of the corners of the internal channel; and, wherein the spacer further comprises at least one base panel coupled to a fold with at least one of the bearing legs, the base panel being folded to a position parallel to the end wall of the internal channel adjacent to an associated one of the corners of the internal channel.