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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2017
Quadient Technologies France, Bagneux, FR;
Herman Sytema, Drachten, NL;
Fokke De Boer, Drachten, NL;
Quadient Technologies France, Bagneux, FR;
Abstract
A device and a method for assembling items for shipment are described, that facilitate positioning the assembled items, e.g., in a pre-folded cardboard box having at least an open top and an open side or on a conveyor transporting the items. The device may include; a bottom panel, two side panels, a first and a second end panel, wherein the bottom panel is substantially orthogonal to the side panels and the end panels, wherein the first end panel is arranged on the device to be movable with respect to the bottom panel, the first end panel being movable in a direction substantially orthogonal to the bottom panel and wherein the second end panel is arranged on the device to be movable towards and away from the first end panel in a direction substantially parallel to the bottom panel.