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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 30, 1996
Lewis C Lofgren, Chicago, IL (US);
Noel M Phillips, River Forest, IL (US);
Ade, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A suspension package includes a frame and a hammock. The hammock is tensioned by tensioning panels at each end of the frame. The lower edges of the frame include bottom panels that are secured together at two opposing corners such that the bottom panels automatically move to a side wall bracing position when the frame is squared. The tensioning panel 42 is sufficiently long to overlap each of the side walls in order to apply a substantial portion of loads from the hammock directly to the side walls and thereby reduce creasing at the end walls. The hammock is C-shaped in cross section and includes welded product-retention regions between the upper and lower portions of the hammock to prevent the product from sliding into contact with the end walls. Accessories are held in the hammock by a tubular accessory holder which is held in place on an end wall of the frame by an outer box. The suspension package is moved into and out of the outer box along a direction perpendicular to one of the sides of the frame.