Patent ID: 7946426

Claim:
A package material comprising: a plurality of cushioning materials each of which are assigned for corresponding to three sides of an article to be packaged, the plurality of cushioning materials are stretched in different directions, wherein the article to be packaged has a top side, four lateral sides and a bottom side, each of the plurality of cushioning materials is interposed between the corresponding three sides of the article to be packaged and corresponding three inner walls of a package box when the cushioning material is accommodated in the package box together with the article to be packaged, and each of the plurality of cushioning materials has three projections each projecting outwardly toward the three inner walls of the package box and coming into contact with the three inner walls of the package box; and a covering member that supports the plurality of cushioning materials each assigned for the three different sides of the article to be packaged, wherein the covering member includes: a body plate having: a bottom plate portion that is stretched across the bottom side of the article to be packaged; lateral side plate portions that are folded from the bottom plate portion and stretched across two opposing lateral sides of the article; and a plurality of fold pieces that are folded from the body plate, wherein the covering member further includes: a plurality set of three openings in which the three projections of the respective cushioning materials are inserted in a state where the cushioning materials are supported; and a plurality of folded portions that are respectively interposed between the three openings, wherein each of the plurality of cushioning materials assigned to the bottom side of the article to be packaged are supported by the bottom plate portion, one of the lateral side plate portions, and one of the fold pieces folded toward the corresponding lateral side, through one set of the plurality set of three openings respectively formed in the bottom plate portion, said one of the lateral side plate portions and said one of the fold pieces folded toward the corresponding lateral side, and wherein each of the plurality of cushioning materials assigned to the top side of the article to be packaged are supported by one of the lateral side plate portions, one of the fold pieces folded toward the corresponding lateral side, and one of the fold pieces folded toward the top side, through one set of the plurality set of three openings respectively formed in said one of the lateral side plate portions, said one of the fold pieces folded toward the corresponding lateral side, and said one of the fold pieces folded toward the top side.