US 11,702,235 B2
Encapsulating packaging cushions, systems and methods, and methods of manufacturing encapsulating packaging cushions
Troy Merrell, Fountain Valley, CA (US); and Matt Christy, Fountain Valley, CA (US)
Assigned to EPE Industries USA Inc., Fountain Valley, CA (US)
Filed by EPE Industries USA Inc., Fountain Valley, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/212,096.
Application 17/212,096 is a continuation of application No. 15/631,025, filed on Jun. 23, 2017, granted, now 10,960,996.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/510,523, filed on May 24, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0206522 A1, Jul. 8, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B65D 81/05 (2006.01); B65B 5/04 (2006.01); B65B 55/20 (2006.01); B65D 85/30 (2006.01); B65D 81/113 (2006.01); B29C 44/58 (2006.01); B29K 23/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 5/04 (2013.01) [B29C 44/58 (2013.01); B65B 55/20 (2013.01); B65D 81/05 (2013.01); B65D 81/113 (2013.01); B65D 85/30 (2013.01); B29K 2023/06 (2013.01); B29K 2023/12 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A unitary, one-piece packaging cushion comprising:
a bottom cushion piece defining a void cavity and an entry portion, the void cavity having a first size and a first shape;
a first side cushion piece wholly integrated with and substantially perpendicular to the bottom cushion piece and a second side cushion piece substantially perpendicular to the bottom cushion piece and opposite the first side cushion piece;
a front cushion piece wholly integrated with and substantially perpendicular to the bottom cushion piece and defining an entry space adjacent to the entry portion;
a rear cushion piece wholly integrated with and substantially perpendicular to the bottom cushion piece and opposite the front cushion piece; and
a translated top cushion piece wholly integrated with and extending from the rear cushion piece and displaced from the void cavity, the translated top cushion piece being solid and having a second size and a second shape substantially the same as the first size and the first shape of the void cavity when wholly integrated with and extending from the rear cushion piece over the void cavity.