FRANGIBLE ARTICLE PACKING DEVICE Russian patent published in 2006 - IPC B65D85/30 A61J1/12 

FIELD: packing means, particularly to pack articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure.

SUBSTANCE: device comprises solid body of elastic material having rectangular parallelepiped shape and provided with depressions, which conform to shapes of articles to be packaged. The depressions are made as main inner cavities formed in the body. Cuts extend from one major side to main inner cavities. The device comprises cut and cavity opening means formed as additional inner cavity located in center and extending along opposite side. The additional inner cavity comprises pull means made as plate with two fastening members. One plate end is fixedly connected to solid device wall, another plate end projects through slit made in the second side wall to provide pull means displacement through the slit and fixation thereof in stationary state with the use of the first fastening member and in projected state with the use of the second fastening member. Means for slit fixation in closed state is secured in upper part of solid side wall. Above means may be created as a plate formed of stiff material and having width equal to body width and length equal to body length or as a plate made of elastic material and having length 1/3-1/4 smaller than body length. The means is provided with locking means mating fastening member fixer and located on opposite side wall.

EFFECT: increased storage and transportation reliability.

2 cl, 1 dwg