US 11,939,134 B2
Packaging filler insert for stacked washer/dryer unit
Jeremy Velliquette, Gibsonburg, OH (US)
Assigned to Green Bay Packaging, Inc., Green Bay, WI (US)
Filed by Green Bay Packaging, Inc., Green Bay, WI (US)
Filed on Jul. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/379,297.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/064,196, filed on Aug. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0048688 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 81/05 (2006.01); B65D 85/68 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 81/053 (2013.01) [B65D 85/68 (2013.01); B65D 2581/051 (2013.01); B65D 2585/682 (2013.01); B65D 2585/6855 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A packaging arrangement; comprising:
a stacked laundry appliance, which includes a lower washer unit and an upper dryer unit, wherein the upper dryer unit is interconnected with and extends upwardly from the lower washer unit and is configured such that a downwardly facing area of the upper dryer unit and an upwardly facing area of the lower washer unit define a void area; and
a folded support member positioned within the void area, wherein the folded support member defines a lower end engaged with the lower washer unit at the upwardly facing area and an upper end engaged with the upper dryer unit at the downwardly facing area, wherein the folded support member provides vertical support to the upper dryer unit from the lower washer unit.