Package for shipping and storage of panel products

Abstract

A package for storing and shipping flat panel products includes a shock- absorbing inner protective material, a telescoping outer packaging material, adjustable to the size of the product being shipped, and an outer binder, such as a plastic banding material. The inner wrapping material is provided around a circumferential edge of the product and is secured in place. The outer protective packaging material is provided around the wrapped product, adjusted to the appropriate size, and is bound in place with a plastic banding material which is wrapped longitudinally and secures the lateral and longitudinal position of the product within the package. The telescoping package includes slots for receiving and retaining the plastic banding material in position.

1 . A package for shipping a flat panel product, the package comprising: 
 an inner protective packaging material disposed peripherally around an outer edge of the flat panel product;    a size-adjustable outer packaging material enclosing the inner protective packaging material; and    a binder provided around the outer packaging material for securing the outer packaging material to the inner protective packaging material to retain the flat panel product within the package and suspend the inner protective packaging material and the product relative to at least one side wall of the size adjustable outer packaging material.    
     
     
         2 . The package as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the inner protective packaging material comprises a resilient material.  
     
     
         3 . The package as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the inner protective packaging material and flat panel product are spaced in suspension from said at least one sidewall of the size adjustable outer packaging material.  
     
     
         4 . The package as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the inner protective packaging material comprises a shock-absorbing material.  
     
     
         5 . The package as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the inner protective packaging material comprises at least one of a suspension wrap material, a foam, a plastic, a rubber, or a corrugated material.  
     
     
         6 . The package as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the inner protective packaging material includes a scratch-resistive protective layer disposed on at least the side adjacent the flat panel product parallel to a major plane of the flat panel product.  
     
     
         7 . The package as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the outer packaging material comprises at least one of a corrugated paperboard, a corrugated plastic, a laminated fiberboard, a sheet plastic, a shrink wrap material, or a singleface corrugated paper.  
     
     
         8 . The package as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the size adjustable outer packaging material comprises a first panel and a second panel, the first panel, wherein the first and second panels can be telescoped to resize the package for a selected flat panel product.  
     
     
         9 . The package as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the flat panel product comprises at least one of a door, a window, a sheet material, and a printed circuit board.  
     
     
         10 . The package as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the binder comprises a banding material.  
     
     
         11 . The package as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the outer packaging material comprises one or more pair of slots formed on opposing sides of the outer packaging material to receive the banding material.  
     
     
         12 . The package as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the inner protective packaging material is sized and dimensioned to circumscribe the edge of the flat panel product.  
     
     
         13 . The package as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the inner packaging material is sized and dimensioned to provide an air cell around the circumference of the package to protect the edges of the flat panel product.  
     
     
         14 . A package for shipping a flat panel product, the package comprising: 
 an inner protective packaging material sized and dimensioned to be disposed peripherally around the outer edge of the flat panel product;    a resizable outer packaging material, provided over the inner protective packaging material and including a plurality of slots; and    a binder provided around the outer packaging material in the slots for securing the outer packaging material to the inner protective packaging material to retain the flat panel product within the package and to suspend the inner protective packaging material and the product relative to at least one side wall of the size adjustable outer packaging material, wherein the inner and outer packaging materials form an air cell around the inner flat panel product to protect the product during shipping.    
     
     
         15 . The package for shipping a flat panel product as defined in  claim 14 , wherein the outer packaging material comprises a plurality of slots sized and dimensioned for receiving the sealing material.  
     
     
         16 . The package for shipping a flat panel product as defined in  claim 14 , wherein the sealing material comprises a banding material.  
     
     
         17 . The package for shipping a flat panel product as defined in  claim 14 , wherein the resizable outer package comprises a telescoping package.  
     
     
         18 . A package for shipping a flat panel product, the package comprising: 
 an inner shock-absorbing packaging material disposed around the circumference of the flat panel product;    a telescoping outer packaging material. comprising a plurality of slots on at least one pair of opposing edges; and    a binding material provided over the outer packaging material, the binding material being received in the slots to bind the outer packaging material over the inner packaging material.    
     
     
         19 . The package for shipping a flat panel product as defined in  claim 18 , wherein the banding material comprises a plastic banding material.  
     
     
         20 . The package for shipping a flat panel product as defined in  claim 18 , wherein the outer packaging material comprises a corrugated paperboard.  
     
     
         21 . The package for shipping a flat panel product as defined in  claim 18 , wherein the inner protective packaging material comprises a resilient material.  
     
     
         22 . The package for shipping a flat panel product as defined in  claim 18 , wherein the inner protective packaging material further comprises a water resistant inner lining.  
     
     
         23 . A package for shipping a flat panel product, the package comprising: 
 a strip of an inner protective packaging material wrapped peripherally around an outer edge of the flat panel product, said material having side edges laterally spaced from opposing faces of the flat panel product so as to create a protected air space on each side of the flat panel product between the face of the product and a plane defined by the adjacent side edges of the packaging material;    an outer packaging material enclosing the inner protective packaging material, said outer packaging material being of a certain lateral size and of an adjustable longitudinal size; a binder wrapped longitudinally around the outer packaging material the outer packaging material having slots in opposed sidewalls at its longitudinal ends to receive said binder said binder supportively engaging said inner protective packaging material in said slots to laterally support said inner protective packaging material and product within said outer protective packaging material.    
     
     
         24 . The package as defined in  claim 23 , wherein said binder is one or more bands wrapped longitudinally around said outer protective packaging material.  
     
     
         25 . The package as defined in  claim 24 , wherein said inner protective packaging material is in a position that is laterally spaced from at least one side of a wall of the outer protective packaging material and is supported in said position by the bands.