Suspension package

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2000-02-08

2001-05-01

Sewell, Paul T. (Department: 3728)

Special receptacle or package

Shock protection type

With sling or suspension means

C206S524900, C206S495000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06223901

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND
The present invention relates to suspension packages, and in particular to suspension packages well suited for use with products having a considerable depth.
Lofgren U.S. Pat. No. 5,579,917, assigned to the assignee of the present invention, discloses one prior-art suspension package that suspends a product in an outer container. In the Lofgren suspension package a hammock is tensioned by panels on opposite ends of a frame, and the product being suspended is held in place by the hammock.
The Lofgren suspension package is well suited for many applications. However, bulky or heavy products may not readily be inserted into the hammock. A need presently exists for an improved suspension package that is well suited for use with bulky or other products having considerable depth or weight.
SUMMARY
The preferred embodiment described below holds a product being packaged on a product support surface of a platform. This is accomplished with a flexible product restrainer sheet that is secured to one end of the platform and that is in turn secured to a panel. In use the panel is inserted between the platform and an outer container to immobilize the product between the product retainer sheet and the product support surface. Alternately, the panel is secured in place near the other end of the platform.
This description of the preferred embodiment has been provided only by way of introduction, and it is not intended to serve as a definition of the invention.


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