Patent ID: 7422112

Claim:
A container for containing a valued article protected against impact and shock during transportation and storage, the article having a front face, a back face, and a perimeter bordering the front face and the back face of the article and extending perimetrically around the article, the container comprising: an inner frame dimensioned and configured for extending around the perimeter of the article; connections for connecting the inner frame to the article at spaced apart locations along the perimeter of the article; an outer frame for extending perimetrically around the inner frame, the outer frame being dimensioned and configured for being spaced outwardly away from the inner frame upon placement of the outer frame perimetrically around the inner frame; suspenders for suspending the inner frame from the outer frame at perimetrically spaced apart locations, the suspenders being dimensioned and configured for spacing the outer frame from the inner frame to establish first open gaps along perimetric distances between adjacent suspenders upon suspending the inner frame from the outer frame; the suspenders being constructed of a shock-absorbent material for deterring the transmission of shocks from the outer frame to the inner frame; and front and back cover members for securement to the outer frame, the front and back covers being dimensioned and configured to extend over the front face and the back face, respectively, of the article; the outer frame being further dimensioned and configured for spacing the front and back cover members respectively forward and back from the article and from the inner frame to establish second open gaps between the article and the front and back covers and between the inner frame and the front and back covers upon securement of the front and back covers to the outer frame; the first and second open gaps deterring the transmission of impacts from outside the container to the article.