Patent ID: 6968668

Claim:
An apparatus for packaging goods in a box erected from a flat-folded configuration to receive at least one good, the box having first and second sidewalls that define a bottom opening, the apparatus comprising: (a) a box erecting apparatus for erecting the box from a flat-folded configuration, the box erecting apparatus comprising a first device adapted to contact the first sidewall and a second device adapted to contact the second sidewall, wherein the second device is displaceable from a first position, which is adjacent to the first device, to a second position, thereby unfolding the box; (b) an elevator lift apparatus operatively connected below the box erecting apparatus, the elevator lift apparatus having a third position, a fourth position, and an axis of movement such that when the elevator lift apparatus lifts the at least one good from the third position to the fourth position, the at least one good passes through the bottom opening, into the box, and between the first device and the second device in the second position; and (c) a support mechanism operably positioned relative to the box erecting apparatus wherein the support mechanism directly contacts and receives the at least one good after the elevator lifts the at least one good to the fourth position, the support mechanism supporting the at least one good substantially over the top of the elevator lift apparatus as the elevator lift apparatus returns to the third position to then receive another good to be moved to the fourth position.