Patent ID: 6588595
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: B65B,B65D,G11B

Abstract:
In combination, a package to secure a plurality of computer disk drives therein, said combination comprising:a plurality of disk drives, each disk drive having an interior edge and an opposing exterior edge; a main insert including a plurality of compartments formed therein to receive the disk drives, said compartments arranged in at least one row extending in a longitudinal direction, each compartment of said plurality of compartments having an inner side wall and an outer side wall; a top cover for covering said compartments of said main insert, said top cover including an upper surface and a lower surface; a central rib placed in communication with said lower surface, said central rib contacting the interior edges of the disk drives loaded in said compartments thereby displacing the disk drives so that the exterior edges of the disk drives maintain contact with the outer side walls of said main insert and thereby constraining the disk drives from transverse movement in the compartments; and a shell enclosing said top cover, said central rib and said main insert.