US 12,084,254 B2
Package cushioning for an article to be packaged
Christoph Buhl, Neunkirchen (DE)
Assigned to Buhl-PaperForm GmbH, Burbach (DE)
Filed by Buhl-PaperForm GmbH, Burbach (DE)
Filed on Dec. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/067,772.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 134 047.0 (DE), filed on Dec. 21, 2021; and application No. 10 2022 105 515.9 (DE), filed on Mar. 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0192383 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 81/05 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 81/053 (2013.01) 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A package cushioning (100′) for padding an article (210) to be packaged in an outer box (220) having at least one base member (100), comprising:
a base body in form of a downwardly open half tube (110); and
at least two hump-shaped support members (120), which are attached to an outside of the downwardly open half tube, face each other in pairs, and protrude at an upper side of the base body with a height (H) above a high point (H1) on an inside of the downwardly open half tube (110),
wherein opposing surfaces (122) of the hump-shaped support members (120) and their transition (130) on an outside of the downwardly open half tube are shaped in such a way that they jointly form an upwardly open channel section (140), and
wherein the package cushioning (100′) is made with an average wall thickness (W) in one piece entirely from a waste paper fiber material, and
wherein a low point (T) on an inside of the upwardly open channel section (140) is spaced by a distance (h) from the high point (H1) on the inside of the downwardly open half tube (110), and
wherein 1× wall thickness (W)<distance (h) applies, and
wherein at least some of the support members (120) lying opposite one another in pairs are aligned and arranged in a V-shape with an acute angle (a) to a longitudinal axis (L) of the package cushioning.