Patent ID: 9169059
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: A45C,B65B,B65D

Abstract:
1. A method for transporting an optical instrument, the method comprising: providing a container for housing an optical instrument, the container comprising an interior surface shaped to define a container cavity, the container cavity sized to accommodate the optical instrument, the interior surface further shaped to define a plurality of ball-receiving concavities which open into the container cavity, each ball-receiving concavity having an opening at an edge between the ball-receiving concavity and the container cavity and an interior region inside the ball-receiving concavity; providing a plurality of elastically deformable balls, each ball located in a corresponding one of the ball-receiving concavities and projecting from the interior region of the corresponding one of the ball-receiving concavities through the opening of the corresponding one of the ball-receiving concavities and into the container cavity; and inserting the optical instrument into the container concavity and thereby deforming the plurality of balls.