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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2018
Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Joseph Duane Tobbe, Taylorsville, KY (US);
Scott Jeffrey Kocian, Louisville, KY (US);
Richard Michael Thomas, Louisville, KY (US);
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A method for forming a shipping support for a washing machine appliance includes attaching an elongated post to a corrugated sheet. The elongated post is oriented perpendicular to flutes of the corrugated sheet when the elongated post is attached to the corrugated sheet. The method also includes attaching the corrugated sheet to a frame. The frame has a truncated pyramid base at a center of the frame. The truncated pyramid base is formed with a plurality of supports attached to a plurality of flaps of the frame.