Patent ID: 6047831
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A packaging kit for the sealing and immobilizing of an article, which kit comprises:a) a relatively stiff sheet material, of defined length and width, having a base portion with a face surface to hold the article, and characterized by at least one, longitudinal, fold line along its length, and having opposite, longitudinal, end portions defined by traverse fold lines, the end portions adapted to be folded out of the plane of the base portion, the sheet material adapted to move between a first, generally planar non-use position; a second, folded, article insertion position; and a third, generally planar, article immobilizing use position;b) a film tube comprised, at least in part, of a thin, huggable, plastic, film material which loosely extends over the face surface, in the nonuse position, and adapted to hug and hold the article in the article immobilizing use position, the film tube comprised of at least two layers of film material, and to form a sealable envelope with at least one end or side opening and adapted for the insertion within the envelope of the article to be sealed; andc) means to seal the article within the envelope, whereby the article is both sealed and immobilized on the base portion of the sheet material.