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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1999
Devin C. Ridgeway, Chula Vista, CA (US);
Sealed Air Corporation (US), Saddle Brook, NJ (US);
Abstract
A packaging structure for holding an article within an outer box includes a pair of side legs and a pair of end legs defining a main portion having a window opening, and a flexible web extending across the window opening. End portions are connected to first ends of the side legs along first fold lines and to second ends of the side legs along second fold lines. Each end portion includes an intermediate fold line at an oblique angle relative to the first and second fold lines, dividing the end portions into first regions adjacent the ends of the side legs, and second regions remote therefrom. The end portions are connected in the second regions to the end legs to form the packaging structure into an intermediate folded structure. The packaging structure may be converted from the intermediate folded structure to a use condition by pulling the side legs away from the main portion, whereby the end legs fold in a direction toward the main portion, or by folding the end legs in a direction toward the main portion, whereby the side legs move in a direction away from the main portion.