Patent ID: 8875889

Claim:
A product cushioning structure for supporting a shock sensitive product in an outer packaging container having a plurality of container walls, said cushioning structure comprising: at least two interconnected outer container-contacting panels for supporting and stabilizing the cushioning structure within the outer packaging container in at least two mutually perpendicular directions; an inwardly facing hollow crushable box cell provided on each of said outer-container contacting panels to provide shock absorption support to said product during shock loading conditions, each said crushable box cell comprising: an inner product-supporting panel for supporting the shock sensitive product within the cushioning structure, and intermediate wall panels extending between said inner product supporting panel and a unitary planar component formed by one of said outer container-contacting panels providing an outer wall of said crushable box cell, and wherein at least one opposing pair of said intermediate wall panels are inclined such that said crushable box cell has a trapezoidal shape in cross section; wherein said unitary planar component is bonded to said open crushable box cell at the periphery thereof to inhibit splaying of said inclined intermediate wall panels in the presence of a shock loading in a direction normal to said inner product-supporting panels; and wherein said outer container-contacting panels and said inner product-supporting panels are made of a stiff paper-board material; and wherein said interconnected outer container-contacting said panels are arranged in or foldable into a mutually angled configuration so that said cushioning structure provides shock absorption support to said product during shock loading conditions in at least two mutually perpendicular directions.