US20110155597A1 - Method and system for packaging appliances - Google Patents

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US20110155597A1
US20110155597A1 US12/996,997 US99699709A US2011155597A1 US 20110155597 A1 US20110155597 A1 US 20110155597A1 US 99699709 A US99699709 A US 99699709A US 2011155597 A1 US2011155597 A1 US 2011155597A1
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Sung Shan Choy
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D77/00—Packages formed by enclosing articles or materials in preformed containers, e.g. boxes, cartons, sacks or bags
    • B65D77/04—Articles or materials enclosed in two or more containers disposed one within another
    • B65D77/0413—Articles or materials enclosed in two or more containers disposed one within another the inner and outer containers being rigid or semi-rigid and the outer container being of polygonal cross-section formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks, e.g. carton
    • B65D77/042—Articles or materials enclosed in two or more containers disposed one within another the inner and outer containers being rigid or semi-rigid and the outer container being of polygonal cross-section formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks, e.g. carton the inner container being of polygonal cross-section formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks, e.g. carton

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  • the present disclosure relates to packaging for small appliances, and more particularly to a packaging method and system to increase the number appliance units shipped in a shipping container.
  • a small to moderate decrease in the size of the appliance packaging can increase the number of appliance units which can be fit into the shipping container. This increase in appliance units per shipping container can provide a non-insubstantial cost savings.
  • the size of the appliance packaging is often limited by the size of the appliance.
  • the present disclosure provides a system and method for the packaging of appliances for shipping.
  • the system includes geometrically shaped appliance packaging which can be stacked in a space saving orientation.
  • the geometrically shaped appliance packaging increases the number of appliance units which can be fit into a shipping container.
  • the packaging of the present disclosure can include top and bottom surfaces, and front and back faces, where the front face is provided at an acute angle with respect to the horizontal.
  • the top surface has a lesser width then that of the bottom surface.
  • FIG. 1 depicts a perspective view of a prior art appliance packaging
  • FIG. 2 depicts a side view of the prior art packaging of FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 3 depicts a perspective view of an appliance packaging of the present disclosure
  • FIG. 4 depicts a top view of the appliance packaging of FIG. 3 ;
  • FIG. 5 depicts a first side view of the appliance packaging of FIG. 3 ;
  • FIG. 6 depicts a second side view of the appliance packaging of FIG. 3 ;
  • FIG. 7 depicts the prior art packaging of FIG. 1 in a side-by side relationship
  • FIG. 8 depicts the packaging of FIG. 3 in a side-by side relationship
  • FIG. 9 depicts a shipping box for the prior art packaging of FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 10 depicts a shipping box for the prior art packaging for FIG. 3 .
  • the present disclosure provides a system and method for the packaging of appliances for shipping.
  • the system includes geometrically shaped appliance packaging which can be stacked in a space saving orientation.
  • FIGS. 1-2 a prior art appliance packaging 10 .
  • the prior art packaging 10 is substantially rectangular in shape have a height “h,” width “w b ,” and a length “L.”
  • the packagings 10 are typically placed in a shipping box in a side-by-side arrangement. For example, as shown in FIG. 8 , when two packaging 10 ′ and 10 ′′ are placed side-by-said they have a total width of 2*w b .
  • the packaging 20 includes top and bottom surfaces 22 and 24 , and front and back faces 26 and 28 .
  • the front face 26 is provided at an acute angle a with respect to the horizontal.
  • the bottom surface 24 has a width “w b ” and the top surface 22 has a width “w t .
  • the height and the length of packaging 20 remain the same as the prior art packaging 10 .
  • the difference in widths between the top surface 22 and the bottom surface 24 is:
  • the prior art packaging has the following external dimensions:
  • packing 20 has the following external dimensions:
  • an increase in the angle a provides an increase in the space savings provided by packaging 20 .
  • the angle a can be calculation using:
  • the angle a is equal to about 63.08 degrees.
  • the appliance packaging is shipped using a shipping container.
  • standard 40 ft shipping container has the internal dimensions of about:
  • the packages 10 or 20 are packed in shipping boxes. Prior to placement into the shipping container. Referring to FIG. 9 , a shipping box 30 for package 10 is shown.
  • the exemplary shipping box 30 is sized to receive four packages 10 .
  • the shipping box is made of cardboard, having a wall thickness T equal to 0.375 inches. As such, for the above example package 10 , the shipping box 30 has the following approximate external dimensions:
  • 2,128 shipping boxes 30 can be placed into the container. This is equal to 8,512 packages 10 (individual units).
  • a shipping box 32 for a packaging 20 would have a lesser dimension.
  • a shipping box 32 has the following approximate external dimensions:
  • approximated 2660 shipping boxes 32 can be fitted into the container. This is equal to 10,640 packages 20 (individual units). This is an increase of 2152 units, or about 25%.
  • packaging 20 of the present disclosure can provide significant cost saving by increasing the number of units shipped per container.

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US2331493A (en) * 1940-07-31 1943-10-12 Superba Cravats Combined display tray and container
US2444987A (en) * 1943-10-18 1948-07-13 Norman D Giessen Wedge-shaped dispensing container for powdery substances
US3957158A (en) * 1973-12-27 1976-05-18 Olinkraft, Inc. Bathtub container
US4244509A (en) * 1979-05-16 1981-01-13 Fidelity Container Corporation Stackable folding box with truncated cross section
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USD303088S (en) * 1986-07-08 1989-08-29 Aqua Leisure Industries, Inc. Package for swim goggles
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US20210094727A1 (en) * 2018-02-13 2021-04-01 Envases Chiloe S.A. Arrangement of expanded polystyrene boxes and expanded polystyrene box for food transport and storage

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