Patent ID: 7648031

Claim:
A blank configured to be folded into an insert for protecting a product, said blank comprising: a base panel generally having first, second, third and fourth sides, said first and second sides being positioned opposite one another, said third and fourth sides being positioned opposite one another, said first and second sides being positioned generally perpendicular to said third and fourth sides; first and second intermediate panels, said first intermediate panel being joined to said first side of said base panel, said second intermediate panel being joined to said second side of said base panel; first and second bellows panels, said first bellows panel being joined to said third side of said base panel, said second bellows panel being joined to said fourth side of said base panel; first and second top panels, said first top panel being joined to said first intermediate panel along a side of said first intermediate panel which is opposite said first side of said base panel, said second top panel being joined to said second intermediate panel along a side of said second intermediate panel which is opposite said second side of said base panel; first, second, third and fourth end panels, said first and second end panels being joined to opposite sides of said first top panel, said opposite sides of said first top panel being generally perpendicular to said side of said first intermediate panel which is opposite said first side of said base panel, said third and fourth end panels being joined to opposite sides of said second top panel, said opposite sides of said second top panel being generally perpendicular to said side of said second intermediate panel which is opposite said second side of said base panel; wherein said base panel has a fold line which generally extends from said third side thereof to said fourth side thereof, generally equidistantly between said first side thereof and said second side thereof; and wherein each said bellows panel comprises first and second portions divided by a fold line, said second portions of said bellows panels comprising fist and second segments divided by a bellows fold line, said first segment being separated from said first portion by said fold line.