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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1998
Randall J Urness, Plover, WI (US);
Sunrise Medical CCG Inc., Stevens Point, WI (US);
Abstract
A package for bed sections and a method of packaging the bed sections includes the head and foot ends which are structured and dimensioned to fit together within a single package so as to form a single parcel and a head section and a foot section, each structured and dimensioned to fit within separate packages so as to form separate parcels. The head and foot ends as well as the head and foot sections each have a length and a girth the sum of which is in the order of 127 inches. A package is provided for containing the head and foot ends, the head section, and the foot section. The package comprises a paperboard box having a length and a girth sum of which does not exceed 130 inches. Neither the head nor foot ends, nor the head section, nor the foot section, and its paperboard box, have a combined weight exceeding 150 pounds. A formula is provided for determining a range of dimensions for the head and foot ends, and the head section, and the foot section. The sum of the length and girth of the paperboard box are known. The paperboard box is fabricated from a paperboard material having a known thickness. The thickness of the paperboard material is factored into the formula used to determine the range of dimensions for the head and foot ends and the head section and the foot section. This permits the head and foot ends and the head section and the foot section to be structured and dimensioned to fit within a paperboard box of limited dimensions.