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Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 27, 2014
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventor:

Michael Korinek, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 1/34 (2006.01); B65D 5/50 (2006.01); B29C 51/26 (2006.01); B29K 105/00 (2006.01); B29K 25/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 5/503 (2013.01); B29C 51/264 (2013.01); B29K 2025/06 (2013.01); B29K 2105/256 (2013.01); B29L 2031/712 (2013.01);
Abstract

Packaging used to hold and ship consumer products may include a packaging insert having an exterior profile that substantially matches an interior profile of the box it is placed in during assembly. In some embodiments, the packaging insert may be formed using a thermo-forming process that inhibits the formation of defects, such as stress marks, located near or on the corners of the packaging insert. The packaging insert may include a side wall having a plurality of extended portions and a plurality of abbreviated portions. In some embodiments, the packaging insert may include a plurality of flaps rotatably connected to a body of the packaging insert.


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