Packaging kit system for shipping articles

Abstract

The present invention provides a packaging kit for shipping a plurality of articles is provided, comprising: a container defining an interior space; an insert adapted to be moved between a generally flattened tubular configuration and a fully-erected configuration, wherein the insert includes at least one cutout section that is adapted to receive at least one of the articles therein when the insert is in the fully-erected configuration.

1 . A packaging kit for shipping a plurality of articles, comprising: 
 a container defining an interior space;    an insert adapted to be moved between a generally flattened tubular configuration and a fully-erected configuration, wherein said insert includes at least one cutout section that is adapted to receive at least one of said articles therein when said insert is in said fully-erected configuration.    
     
     
         2 . The packaging kit according to  claim 1 , wherein said insert is formed from a single sheet of material folded over onto itself to define said generally flattened tubular configuration.  
     
     
         3 . The packaging kit according to  claim 2 , wherein said single sheet of material includes at least three score lines dividing said single sheet of material into a top wall panel, a first bottom wall panel, a second bottom wall panel and a flap, and wherein said flap is affixed to at least a portion of said second bottom wall panel when said insert is in said generally flattened tubular configuration.  
     
     
         4 . The packaging kit according to  claim 3 , wherein said first bottom wall panel defines a rear wall of said insert when said insert is in said fully-erected configuration, wherein said second bottom wall panel defines a bottom wall of said insert when said insert is in said fully-erected configuration, and wherein said top wall panel includes a right score line, a left score line and an intermediate score line positioned between said right score line and said left score line, said left score line, said right score line and said intermediate score line cooperating to define at least one landing wall, at least one face wall and at least one front wall of said insert when said insert is in said fully-erected configuration.  
     
     
         5 . The packaging kit according to  claim 4 , wherein said at least one landing wall includes a left landing wall and a right landing wall, wherein said at least one face wall includes a left face wall and a right face wall, and wherein said at least one front wall includes a left front wall and a right front wall.  
     
     
         6 . The packaging kit according to  claim 5 , wherein said top wall panel further comprises a first cut line, a second cut line and a pivot score line extending between said first cut line and said second cut line, said first cut line, said second cut line and said pivot score line cooperating to define a hold-down segment disposed between said left landing wall and said right landing wall when said insert is in said fully-erected configuration.  
     
     
         7 . The packaging kit according to  claim 6 , wherein at least a portion of said hold-down segment is affixed to at least a portion of said first bottom wall.  
     
     
         8 . The packaging kit according to  claim 4 , wherein said at least one landing wall is in spaced relation to said first bottom wall when said insert is in said fully-erected configuration, thereby defining an interior spaced within said insert.  
     
     
         9 . The packaging kit according to  claim 4 , wherein said at least one cutout section is defined at the intersection of said at least one landing wall and said at least one front wall.  
     
     
         10 . The packaging kit according to  claim 9 , wherein said at least one cutout section includes a first cutline extending across said right score line, a first left leg score line extending between a first distal end of said first cutline and said right score line and a second left leg score line extending between a second distal end of said first cutline and said right score line, said first and second left leg score lines meeting at said right score line.  
     
     
         11 . The packaging kit according to  claim 10 , wherein said first left leg score line extends beyond said first distal end of said cutline.  
     
     
         12 . The packaging kit according to  claim 10 , wherein said at least one cutout section includes a second cutline extending across said right score line spaced from said first cutline, a first right leg score line extending between a first distal end of said second cutline and said right score line and a second right leg score line extending between a second distal end of said second cutline and said right score line, said first and second right leg score lines meeting at said right score line.  
     
     
         13 . The packaging kit according to  claim 12 , wherein said first right leg score line extends beyond said first distal end of said cutline.  
     
     
         14 . The packaging kit according to  claim 4 , wherein said at least one cutout section is defined at the intersection of said second bottom wall and said top wall panel.