Patent ID: 7419055

Claim:
A breakaway packing system for packaging an information handling system, the information handling system having the shape of a rectangular cube with eight corners and six sides, the breakaway packing system comprising: a packing support designed to receive at least a portion of an information handling system, the packing support operable to secure the information handling system within a shipping container, the packing support comprising a top section and a bottom section; the top section including at least eight top section joint portions, the bottom section including at least eight bottom section joint portions; at least eight detachable joints formed in the packing support, each of the detachable joints comprising a joint between one of the top section joint portions of the top section and one of the bottom section joint portions of the bottom section; the at least eight detachable joints located around the perimeter of the breakaway packing system so that at least two of the at least eight detachable joints are located on four sides of the six sides of the information handling system when the top section and the bottom section are assembled; the packing support configured to expose all eight corners of the information handling system when the top section and the bottom section are assembled; and the at least eight detachable joints operable to hold the top section and the bottom section together while the information handling system is being packed but to allow the top section to be detached from the bottom section after the information handling system is packed, thereby allowing removal of the information handling system from the shipping container.