Patent ID: 7913847
Filing Date: 2011-03-29
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A packaging system in which an object can be maintained for shipping, the packaging system comprising: a shell defining a space for reception of an object in a shipping state and comprising a plurality of panels; an object engaging surface assembly that bounds at least a part of the space; a fluid chamber assembly that is part of the object engaging surface assembly; and a fluid within the fluid chamber assembly that has a variable pressure that is increased, thereby to cause the object engaging surface assembly to resiliently bear with increasing force against an object in the shipping state, the fluid within the fluid chamber assembly remaining in a flowable state with the packaging system in a final state for shipping, wherein the object engaging surface assembly comprises a plurality of discrete fingers on at least one of the panels that resiliently bear against an object in the shipping state, each of the fingers comprising a bladder that contains the fluid, wherein the fingers on the one panel have a length projecting away from the one panel, the fingers spaced from each other along the length of the fingers, wherein the fingers on separate panels intermesh with each other, wherein the object engaging surface assembly further comprises a plurality of fingers each comprising a bladder in which the fluid is contained on a second panel on the shell and the object in the shipping state resides captively between the fingers on the one and second panels, wherein fingers on the one panel intermesh with fingers on the second panel, wherein the one and second panels respectively have first and second facing surfaces between which an object in the shipping state resides, wherein the fingers on the one panel project from the first surface towards the second surface and intermesh with the fingers on the second panel that project from the second surface towards the first surface.