US20110049000A1 - Package structure for thin display apparatus and method of packing thin display apparatus - Google Patents
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Abstract
A thin display apparatus is packed in a package box. A reinforced plate is attached to the display apparatus. The reinforced plate has a first end portion, a second end portion, a middle bent portion and a buffer member fixed to the first end portion. The first and second portions face each other with the bent portion located therebetween and connected thereto. The reinforced plate is attached to the display apparatus so that the bent portion is set on a top portion of the display apparatus at a top side, the buffer member is positioned at a front side of the display apparatus as facing a display screen and the second portion is positioned at a rear side of the display apparatus. A cushion member is attached to the reinforced plate so that the cushion member is set on the bent portion set on the top portion.
Description
- This application is based on and claims the benefit of priority from the prior Japanese Patent Application No. 2009-197914 filed on Aug. 28, 2009, the entire contents of which is incorporated herein by reference.
- The present invention relates to a package structure for a thin display apparatus and a method of packing a thin display apparatus.
- There are known package structures for use in shipping thin display panels such as liquid crystal panels and organic EL panels, and also thin display apparatuses equipped with such a thin display panel. Examples of known package structures are a common package structure with buffer members provided at four corners of an article to be packed for supporting the article and an improved package structure for a thin display apparatus disclosed in Japanese Un-Examined Patent Application Publication No. 2006-232360 (referred to as
Document 1, hereinafter). -
Document 1 discloses a package structure for use in packing a liquid crystal television in a corrugated cardboard box with holding members to be in contact with both ends of the television at the bottom and top sides thereof. The package structure features a reinforced plate that is turned around the television in the vertical direction to wrap the television, with a sponge plate attached to the reinforced plate to precompress the center region of a display panel in the lateral direction. - According to the package structure in
Document 1, the sponge plate minimizes jolts of the center region of the display panel that are generated by shocks, vibration, etc., applied to the television while being shipped. Thus, a thin display apparatus, such as a liquid crystal television, can withstand shocks, vibration, etc., generated during shipping even if a display panel is relatively large. - However, there is a strong demand for lighter-weight and thinner display panels and apparatuses with a larger screen, for a variety of installation types such as hung on wall and ceiling.
- Light weight display panels and apparatuses are achieved with light metals such as aluminum, in place of metals such as iron, for display panel frames that support a thin display panel and cabinets in which a thin display panel is installed. Such a light metal offers a light weight of around 6 kg which used to be 10 kg or so for thin display panels and apparatuses.
- Such light weight display panels and apparatuses, however, have a tendency of low stiffness compared to heavy display panels and apparatuses of the same screen size.
- Thin liquid crystal display panels are achieved with a thin cell panel, optical sheet, diffusion plate, and other thin components with a small distance between these components. The thinness of 10 mm or less has been achieved for the thinnest part of display panels, which used to be 30 mm or more.
- Such light-weight and thin display panels and apparatuses, however, suffer several problems when packed in a corrugated cardboard box and shipped.
- A first problem is that a cell panel is damaged at the rear side due to rubbing or hitting each other between the cell panel and an optical sheet provided behind the panel when vibration is externally applied.
- This problem is caused by a thinner structure with a smaller distance between the cell panel and the optical sheet, in addition to that a thinner cell panel is more vibrated at the center region in back and forth when an external force is applied.
- A second problem is that a package box is also made thinner. Thus, when the package box falls down a packed cell panel or display apparatus could suffer flexure deformation as protruding in the direction of falling down, at the center region of the top section of the cell panel or display apparatus.
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FIG. 1 illustrates the second problem. Anarticle 101 to be packed is a thin display panel, for example. Attached to the four corners of thearticle 101 arebuffer members 102. The article, or thethin display panel 101 is packed in a package box 103 (indicated by a dash-dot line for brevity) with thebuffer members 102. - Shown in (a) of
FIG. 1 is that thepackage box 103 is placed upright on a floor, etc. Shown in (b) ofFIG. 1 is that thepackage box 103 falls down in a direction indicated by an arrow. - When the
package box 103 falls down in the direction indicated by the arrow, a flexurally-deformed portion K is created at the center region of the top side as protruding in the direction of falling down due to the shock of falling down, as shown in (b) ofFIG. 1 . - This problem is caused by that, although the
display panel 101 is supported by thebuffer members 102 at the four corners, the center region between the opposing corners is not protected by thebuffer members 102. The center region of the top side of thedisplay panel 101 thus cannot withstand the shock of falling down, in addition to lower stiffness of thepanel 101 that is made larger and thinner. - The first problem may be solved by the package structure disclosed in
Document 1, with the sponge plate that precompress the center region of a display panel in the lateral direction to minimize vibration in back and forth. - Nevertheless, since the sponge plate is not provided at the center region of the top side of the display panel in
Document 1, the second problem may not be solved by the package structure disclosed inDocument 1. - Moreover, the package structure disclosed in
Document 1 should be improved in the following points concerning a packing operation. - One point to be improved lies in the reinforced plate when an article to be packed is a thin display panel or apparatus of 10 mm or less in thickness. In detail, it seems that, if the reinforced plate is weakly turned around such a thin article, it cannot minimize vibration whereas, if it is strongly turned around, the sponge plate precompresses the display panel too much, which results in adverse effects to the thin display panel or apparatus with lowered stiffness.
- Another point to be improved is that it takes time to turn the reinforced plate around an article to be packed and connect both ends of the reinforced plate, with several steps.
- Still another point to be improved is that, when an article to be packed is mistakenly packed in a package box without the reinforced plate, the article has to be picked up from the package box for turning the reinforced plate around the article and then again packed in the package box, which leads to lower efficiency in packing operations.
- A purpose of the present invention is to provide a package structure for a thin display apparatus and a method of packing a thin display apparatus, that offer easier packing operations and protect the packed display apparatus from being deformed when a package box falls down.
- The present invention provides a package structure for packing a thin display apparatus having a display screen comprising: a reinforced plate to be attached to the display apparatus when the display apparatus is packed, the reinforced plate having an first end portion, a second end portion and a middle portion, the first end portion being positioned at a front side of the display apparatus, the second end portion being positioned at a rear side of the display apparatus and the middle portion being positioned at a top side of the display apparatus when the reinforced plate is attached to the display apparatus; a cushion member to be attached to a top portion of the display apparatus when the display apparatus is packed, the top portion being positioned at the top side; and a buffer member fixed to the first end portion of the reinforced plate, wherein, when the display apparatus is packed, the cushion member supports the top portion of the display apparatus from a front direction at the front side and from a rear direction at the rear side through the reinforced plate with the buffer member being in contact with the display screen or being positioned in the vicinity of the display screen at the front side.
- Moreover, the present invention provides a method of packing a thin display apparatus having a display screen comprising the steps of: a first step of attaching a reinforced plate to the display apparatus, the reinforced plate having a first end portion, a second end portion, a middle bent portion and a buffer member that is fixed to the first end portion, the first and second end portions facing each other with the middle bent portion located between and connected to the first and second end portions, the reinforced plate being attached to the display apparatus so that the middle bent portion is set on a top portion of the display apparatus at a top side thereof, the buffer member is positioned at a front side of the display apparatus as facing the display screen and the second end portion is positioned at a rear side of the display apparatus; and a second step of attaching a cushion member to the reinforced plate so that the cushion member is set on the middle bent portion set, in the first step, on the top portion of the display apparatus.
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FIG. 1 shows a view illustrating a problem of a known package structure; -
FIG. 2 shows orthographic views of an exemplary article to be packed by a packing method according to an embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 3 shows a first view illustrating the packing method according to the embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 4 shows a second view illustrating the packing method according to the embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 5 shows a third view illustrating the packing method according to the embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 6 shows a development view of a main component of a package structure according to an embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 7 shows a view of a folded state of the main component of the package structure according to the embodiment of the present invention, before used in the packing method according to the embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 8 shows a transverse sectional view illustrating the package structure according to the embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 9 shows a vertical sectional view illustrating the package structure according to the embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 10 shows a partially enlarged view ofFIG. 9 ; -
FIG. 11 shows an enlarged view of an area DT shown inFIG. 10 ; -
FIG. 12 shows a schematic view illustrating the dimension of the components of the package structure according to the embodiment of the present invention; and -
FIG. 13 shows a perspective view of a modification to the package structure according to the embodiment of the present invention. - Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with respect to
FIGS. 2 to 13 . -
FIG. 2 shows orthographic views of an exemplary article to be packed by a packing method of the present invention. The exemplary article shown inFIG. 2 is athin display apparatus 50, for example, a liquid crystal monitor. The signs “top”, “bottom”, “front”, “rear”, “left” and “right” are given to the drawings when necessary to indicate the direction with respect to thethin display apparatus 50. - The
thin display apparatus 50 includes a thin liquidcrystal display panel 1 and acabinet 2 for thedisplay panel 1 to be installed, having anopening 2 a through which adisplay screen 1 a provided on a cell panel is of thedisplay panel 1 is exposed. Thecabinet 2 has a protrudingportion 3 for installing a circuit board, etc., at the rear side. - The
thin display apparatus 50 is a 32-inch liquid crystal monitor having 773 mm in width W, 496 mm in height H, 7 mm in thickness T1 (except for the protruding portion 3), and 23 mm in thickness T2 for theprotruding portion 3. - The thin display apparatus 50 (the liquid crystal monitor) has a mass of 5.7 Kg with the
cabinet 2 made of aluminum (including the protruding portion 3). -
FIGS. 3 to 5 show perspective views illustrating how to pack thethin display apparatus 50 in a package box, according to a packing method of the present invention. - Firstly, the
thin display apparatus 50 is wrapped with a polyethylene film package (not shown). - Next, as shown in
FIG. 3 , corner cushions 4 a, 4 b, 4 c and 4 d are attached to the four corners of thecabinet 2, as buffer members, so that the corner cushions 4 a and 4 b, and 4 c and 4 d support thecabinet 2 at the bottom and top sides, respectively. - The polyethylene film package will not be referred to in the following description because it is much thinner than the other components and does not contribute to the advantages obtained by the present invention.
- The corner cushions 4 a, 4 b, 4 c and 4 d are provided with
slits 4 a 1, 4b d 1, respectively, having a specific shape and width so that the four corners of thecabinet 2 can be tightly inserted into the slits. Shown inFIG. 3 are theslits 4 a 1, 4b - Next, as shown in
FIG. 4 , a reinforcedplate 5 bent into an almost J-shape is installed between the corner cushions 4 c and 4 d from the top side in a direction D3 so thatcabinet 2 is fit between the opposing inner surfaces of the J-shaped reinforcedplate 5. - The reinforced
plate 5 is made of a corrugated cardboard, for example. When a corrugated cardboard is used, as shown inFIG. 6 , a corrugated cardboard material is cut into a rectangular shape.Crease lines t 1 and another end portion 5t 2 of the rectangular corrugated cardboard so that a valley fold is formed in a direction of the front side of a drawing paper ofFIG. 6 . The crease lines 5 a, 5 b and 5 c are preferably made in a direction orthogonal to the direction of the flute. - Any flute type of corrugated cardboard can be used in the embodiment. Moreover, perforation may be made instead of the
crease lines - When the direction of the flute is set as indicated by an arrow in
FIG. 6 , abuffer plate 6 is fixed at the end portion 5 t 1 (in the direction of the flute) of the reinforced plate 5 (the upper side inFIG. 6 ). - The
buffer plate 6 is made of EPS (Expanded Polystyene), a type of styrene foam, sponge material, etc., and formed into a cuboid. Thebuffer plate 6 is fixed on the reinforcedplate 5 by a fixing means, such as glue or an adhesive tape. The reinforcedplate 5 has a width W2 for aninner surface 5 e that is the inner side when used, equal to or a little bit smaller than a width W3 shown inFIG. 3 . -
FIG. 7 shows the reinforcedplate 5 folded along thecrease lines - As shown in
FIG. 7 , the reinforcedplate 5 is folded along thecrease lines crease line 5 c. Accordingly, the reinforcedplate 5 is formed into an almost J-shape in cross section, having a bent portion kk. - The term “an almost J-shape” in this description includes not only a letter “J”-shape but also a π-shape with the end portion 5
t 2 located lower than that shown inFIG. 7 . - The positions of the
crease lines plate 5 when folded are defined as follows: - A distance Dm1 shown in
FIG. 7 is almost equal to H/2 shown inFIG. 2 in which the reference sign H indicates the height of thethin display apparatus 50. The distance Dm1 is, as shown inFIG. 7 , a distance between the position of theinner surface 5 e between thecrease lines buffer member 6 in the top-to-bottom direction. - A width T3 of the
inner surface 5 e in a lateral direction (orthogonal to the top-to-bottom direction) shown inFIG. 7 is equal to or little bit larger than thickness T1 of the thin display apparatus 50 (except for the protruding portion 3) shown inFIG. 2 . - The position of the
crease line 5 c will be discussed later. - In addition to the
inner surface 5 e, the reinforcedplate 5 has aninner surface 5 d between thecrease line 5 a and the end portion 5t 2, aninner surface 5 f between thecrease lines inner surface 5 g between thecrease line 5 c and the end portion 5t 1, as shown inFIGS. 6 and 7 . It is noted that the positions of the end portions 5t 1 and 5t 2 are upside down inFIGS. 6 and 7 . - Referring again to
FIG. 4 , concerning the packing method of the present invention, the reinforcedplate 5 formed into a specific shape shown inFIG. 7 is installed in the direction D3 in such a manner that thebuffer plate 6 is in contact with thedisplay screen 1 a (FIG. 2 ) and the top side of thethin display apparatus 50 is inserted between theinner surfaces - Next, as shown in
FIG. 5 , a cushion 7 (which will be described later in detail) is installed between the corner cushions 4 a and 4 d in a direction D4 from the top side. - Then, the
thin display apparatus 50 is packed in apackage box 8, with the corner cushions 4 a to 4 d, the reinforcedplate 5 and thecushion 7 attached thereto. Thepackage box 8 is then closed by foldingflaps 8 f, thus completing a packing operation. - The
cushion 7 is described in detail. - The
cushion 7 is made of a buffer material such as styrene form. Thecushion 7 supports the center region of thethin display apparatus 50 at the top side with the reinforcedplate 5, which will be described with reference toFIGS. 8 to 12 . -
FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken on line S2A-S2A ofFIG. 5 .FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken on line S2B-S2B ofFIG. 5 .FIG. 10 is a partially enlarged view ofFIG. 9 at the top side.FIG. 11 is an enlarged view of an area DT shown inFIG. 10 .FIG. 12 is a schematic view illustrating the dimension of the components. - As shown in
FIG. 8 , thecushion 7 has a width W4 in the lateral direction, equal to or little bit smaller than a width W3 that is a gap between the corner cushions 4 c and 4 d. The width adjustment allows that the threecushions thin display apparatus 50. - The
cushion 7 is provided with aslit 7 a at the center region in cross section, as shown inFIGS. 9 and 10 . Theslit 7 a is formed by aninner surface 7 a 1 at the front side and an opposinginner surface 7 a 2 at the rear side. Theinner surfaces 7 a 1 and 7 a 2 are slopes to shape theslit 7 a open wide gradually in the bottom direction inFIG. 9 . Theinner surface 7 a 2 at the rear side is provided withseveral ribs 7 a 3 aligned in the lateral direction, each having an end surface almost orthogonal to the top-to-bottom direction, as shown inFIG. 8 . - The
slit 7 a has a width T5 at the bottom thereof as shown inFIG. 10 , which corresponds to the width obtained by adding the width T1 (FIG. 2 ) of thethin display apparatus 50 and a width twice that of the reinforcedplate 5. Thecushion 7 thus can be attached to thethin display apparatus 50 tightly in a front-to-rear direction of theapparatus 50 in a manner that the top side of theapparatus 50 is inserted into theslit 7 a with the reinforcedplate 5 between thecushion 7 and theapparatus 50. - Moreover, the
cushion 7 has a specific outer width in the front-to-rear direction of thethin display apparatus 50, that is equal to or little bit smaller than an inner width of thepackage box 8 in the front-to-rear direction. The width adjustment allows that thecushion 7 is tightly installed in thepackage box 8 in the front-to-rear direction. The same goes for the corner cushions 4 a to 4 d. - Accordingly, the
thin display apparatus 50 is packed in thepackage box 8 tightly in the front-to-rear and lateral directions, with the corner cushions 4 a to 4 d, the reinforcedplate 5 and thecushion 7. - As shown in
FIG. 10 , theslit 7 a of thecushion 7 is formed with a tilt angle θ7 of, for example, about 4 degrees for the slope of theinner surface 7 a 1 with respect to the vertical line that goes through thecushion 7 in a direction orthogonal to the front-to-rear direction of thethin display apparatus 50. - The tilt angle θ7 is decided in accordance with the relationship between a distance Dm2 in the top-to-bottom direction and a width T4 of the
buffer plate 6 in the front-to-rear direction, inFIG. 7 . The distance Dm2 is defined as a distance between thecrease lines 5 c and theinner surface 5 e between thecrease lines - The tilt angle θ7 is discussed in detail. In
FIG. 11 , an enlarged view of the area DT inFIG. 10 , thedisplay screen 1 a is positioned far back (in the right direction inFIG. 11 ) by Δd from thefront side 2 b of thecabinet 2. - It is preferable that the
buffer member 6 is in almost surface contact with thedisplay screen 1 a or they face with each other with an extremely small gap when thethin display apparatus 50 is packed in thepackage box 8. - In order to satisfy the positional relationship between the
buffer member 6 and thedisplay screen 1 a, the following expression (1) is given when thebuffer member 6 has a thickness T4, according toFIG. 12 : -
tan θ7=(T4−Δd)/Dm2 (1) - wherein T4=10 mm, Δd=1.5 mm, and Dm2=120 mm, in this embodiment.
- Under the requirements discussed above, an
outer surface 5 fr (FIG. 7 ), the opposite surface of theinner surface 5 f of the reinforcedplate 5, is in almost surface contact with the front-sideinner surface 7 a 1 (FIG. 10 ) of theslit 7 of thecushion 7 when thethin display apparatus 50 is packed in thepackage box 8. - Referring to
FIG. 8 again, theribs 7 a 3 are provided in order for theinner surface 5 d (FIG. 7 ) of the reinforcedplate 5 to be in surface contact with the rear surface of thecabinet 2. Theribs 7 a 3 are aligned at a specific interval in the lateral direction inFIG. 8 , with a specific width and height. - The
ribs 7 a 3 provided as described above are deformed when an external force is applied from the front to rear of thethin display apparatus 50 or thepackage box 8 falls down in the rear direction, inFIG. 5 , after thethin display apparatus 50 has been packed in thepackage box 8. Thedeformed ribs 7 a 3 effectively absorb the kinetic energy of thethin display apparatus 50 in accordance with the motion of thedisplay apparatus 50 in the rear direction, thus exhibiting preferable buffer effects. - According to the packing method and package structure of the embodiment described above, the
thin display apparatus 50, an article to be packed, is tightly supported by the corner cushions 4 a to 4 d at the four corners at the top and bottom sides and also thecushion 7 interposed between the corner cushions 4 c and 4 d at the top side, in thepackage box 8. - The
thin display apparatus 50, an article to be packed, is therefore protected from being deformed at the top side even if thedisplay apparatus 50 falls down in the front or rear side because it is supported by the corner cushions 4 c and 4 d, and also thecushion 7 at the top side. - Moreover, when the
thin display apparatus 50 is packed in thepackage box 8, with the reinforcedplate 5, the corner cushions 4 c and 4 d, and thecushion 7, thebuffer plate 6 is put in almost surface contact with an specific area of thedisplay screen 1 a including the center region thereof or put in a position to face the specific area with a very small gap. The reinforcedplate 5 having thebuffer plate 6 is restricted from being deformed in the front direction by thecushion 7 at theinner surface 7 a 1 thereof at the front side. Therefore, when the cell panel 1 s (FIGS. 2 and 11 ) of the thin liquidcrystal display panel 1 is vibrated in the front-to-rear direction, the vibration is diminished by thebuffer plate 6 installed as described above. - Furthermore, the
crease lines FIG. 6 , give higher stiffness to the reinforcedplate 5 having thebuffer plate 6 against the deformation in the front-to-rear direction, which further restricts the cell panel is from being vibrated. - When the reinforced
plate 5 is made of a corrugated cardboard, the type of flute, the material type of corrugated cardboard core, etc., and the direction of flute can be appropriately selected so that the cell panel 1 s can be effectively restricted from vibration. - With the reinforced
plate 5 described above, the cell panel 1 s protected from being damaged, especially, at the back thereof because of no contact (rubbing, hitting, etc.) with an optical panel (not shown) provided just behind the cell panel 1 s. - Moreover, the reinforced
plate 5 can be attached to an article to be packed, such as thethin display apparatus 50, after the article is packed in thepackage box 8, thus an easier and more efficient packing operation is achieved. - Furthermore, even if the reinforced
plate 5 has to be replaced with a new one after packed due to defectiveness after packed, it can be replaced with no need to pick up a packed article, such as thethin display apparatus 50 from thepackage box 8, thus higher packing operability is achieved. - It is further understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing description is a preferred embodiment of the described structure and method and that various changes and modifications may be made in the invention without departing from the spirit and scope thereof.
- For example, the reinforced
plate 5 may be made of other materials than a corrugated cardboard, such as resin, like polypropylene (PP). - An article to be packed may be the thin liquid
crystal display panel 1 without being installed in thethin display apparatus 50, or other thin plate-like materials such as glass and resin. - Regarding the
buffer plate 6 to be put in contact with thedisplay screen 1 a on the cell panel is of thedisplay panel 1, its position of contact, area and shape are not limited to those described above. Nevertheless, it is preferable that thebuffer plate 6 covers the center region of thedisplay screen 1 a, the center region being to be vibrated most when thepackage box 8 falls down. - Shown in
FIG. 13 is a modification to the package structure described above, with acushion 71 having an integral structure of the corner cushions 4 c and 4 d, and thecushion 7. - Also in this modification, the thin display apparatus 50 (an article to be packed) is tightly supported by the
cushion 71 at the top side from left to right corners. - The
cushion 71 has a larger exterior dimension than each of theseparate corner cushions cushion 7. However, the use of thecushion 71 reduces the cushion installation steps of ⅓ fewer than those separated cushions. - Also in this modification, a packed article is protected from being damaged at the top side when a package box falls down in front or rear because it is supported or protected at the top side.
- As described in detail, the present invention achieves that a packed article, such as a thin liquid crystal display panel and a thin display apparatus and so on, is packed in a package box by an easier operation and is protected from being deformed even if a package box falls down.
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1. A package structure for packing a thin display apparatus having a display screen comprising:
a reinforced plate to be attached to the display apparatus when the display apparatus is packed, the reinforced plate having an first end portion, a second end portion and a middle portion, the first end portion being positioned at a front side of the display apparatus, the second end portion being positioned at a rear side of the display apparatus and the middle portion being positioned at a top side of the display apparatus when the reinforced plate is attached to the display apparatus;
a cushion member to be attached to a top portion of the display apparatus when the display apparatus is packed, the top portion being positioned at the top side; and
a buffer member fixed to the first end portion of the reinforced plate,
wherein, when the display apparatus is packed, the cushion member supports the top portion of the display apparatus from a front direction at the front side and from a rear direction at the rear side through the reinforced plate with the buffer member being in contact with the display screen or being positioned in the vicinity of the display screen at the front side.
2. The package structure according to claim 1 further comprising a package box, a left corner cushion and a right corner cushion, the left corner cushion and the right corner cushion being to be attached to a left end portion and a right end portion, respectively, of the display apparatus at the top side, wherein, when the display apparatus is packed in the package box, a position of the cushion member in a left direction and a right direction is determined by the left and right corner cushions, the left and right directions being orthogonal to the front and rear directions.
3. The package structure according to claim 1 , wherein, when the display apparatus is packed, the cushion member supports the display apparatus from a left end portion to a right end portion of the display apparatus at the top side, the left and right portions being included in the top portion of the display apparatus.
4. The package structure according to claim 1 , wherein the buffer member is contact with a specific area of the display screen or positioned in the vicinity of the specific area at the front side, the specific area including a center of the display screen.
5. The package structure according to claim 1 , wherein the middle portion of the reinforced plate is a bent middle portion so that the first and second end portions face each other with the bent middle portion located between and connected to the first and second end portions, for the top portion of the display apparatus to be fit in the bent middle portion when the display apparatus is packed.
6. The package structure according to claim 5 , wherein the bent middle portion of the reinforced plate has a first crease at which the bent middle portion is connected to the first end portion and a second crease at which the bent middle portion is connected to the second end portion, each crease having a specific angle so that the top portion of the display apparatus is fit in the bent middle portion.
7. The package structure according to claim 6 , wherein the reinforced plate has an inner surface connected to the first end portion to which the buffer member is fixed, the inner surface having a third crease at which the inner surface is bent at an angle smaller than the specific angle in the rear direction and connected to the middle portion, the buffer member being interposed between the first end portion and the third crease.
8. The package structure according to claim 7 , wherein the cushion member has a slit into which the bent middle portion of the reinforced plate is inserted when the cushion member supports the top portion of the display apparatus through the reinforced plate.
9. The package structure according to claim 8 further comprising a cabinet having the display screen installed therein, wherein the slit of the cushion member has inner surfaces facing each other and having slopes to form the slit, each slope having an angle θ with respect to a vertical line that goes through the cushion member in a direction orthogonal to the front and rear directions, the angle θ being defined as tan θ=(T−Δd)/Dm in which T is a thickness of the buffer member in the front and rear directions, Δd is a distance between the display screen and a front side of the cabinet in the front and rear directions and Dm is a distance between the third crease and an inner surface of the bent middle portion between the first and second creases of the reinforced plate.
10. A method of packing a thin display apparatus having a display screen comprising the steps of:
a first step of attaching a reinforced plate to the display apparatus, the reinforced plate having a first end portion, a second end portion, a middle bent portion and a buffer member that is fixed to the first end portion, the first and second end portions facing each other with the middle bent portion located between and connected to the first and second end portions, the reinforced plate being attached to the display apparatus so that the middle bent portion is set on a top portion of the display apparatus at a top side thereof, the buffer member is positioned at a front side of the display apparatus as facing the display screen and the second end portion is positioned at a rear side of the display apparatus; and
a second step of attaching a cushion member to the reinforced plate so that the cushion member is set on the middle bent portion set, in the first step, on the top portion of the display apparatus.
11. The method according to claim 10 further comprising the steps of:
a third step of packing the display apparatus in a package box; and
a fourth step of attaching a left corner cushion and a right corner cushion to a left end portion and a right end portion, respectively, of the display apparatus at the top side so that a position of the cushion member in a left direction and a right direction on the display screen is determined by the left and right corner cushions in the package box.
12. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the second step includes the step of supporting the display apparatus with the cushion member from a left end portion to a right end portion of the display apparatus, the left and right portions being included in the top portion of the display apparatus.
13. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the first step includes the step of setting the buffer member at the front side so that buffer member is contact with a specific area of the display screen or positioned in the vicinity of the specific area at the front side, the specific area including a center of the display screen.
14. A method according to claim 10 further comprising the steps of:
a third step of bending the reinforced plate at a first crease and a second crease each at a specific angle to form the middle bent portion so that the first and second end portions face each other with the middle bent portion located between and connected to the first and second end portions; and
a fourth step of bending the reinforced plate at a third crease at an angle smaller than the specific angle in the rear direction, the third crease being located at an inner surface of the reinforced plate, the inner surface being connected to the first end portion to which the buffer member is fixed, the buffer member being interposed between the first end portion and the third crease.
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