Protective packaging apparatus for easily damaged objects

Claim 1

PROTECTIVE PACKING APPARATUS FOR EASILY DAMAGED OBJECTS, COMPRISING: CONTAINER MEANS HAVING AN INTERIOR CHAMBER THEREIN AND PROVIDED WITH AT LEAST TWO ADJACENT AREA-COEXTENSIVE PROTECTIVE COMPRESSIBLE PAD MEANS HAVING OPPOSED MATING ALIGNED RECESS MEANS PORTIONS FORMED THEREIN, SAID OPPOSED MATING RECESS MEANS PORTIONS COOPERATING WITH THE SIMILAR ADJACENT ALIGNED RECESS MEANS, PORTIONS TO DEFINE CORRESPONDING COMPLETE RECESS MEANS, WITH EACH RECESS MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AND PROTECTIVELY SUPPORT THEREIN A SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILARLY SHAPED AND SIZED EASILY DAMAGED OBJECT THEREIN WITH SAID MATING RECESS MEANS PORTIONS BEING IN SURFACE CONTACT WITH SUBSTANTIAL SURFACE AREAS OF SAID EASILY DAMAGED OBJECT WHEREBY TO FIRMLY AND PROTECTIVELY SUPPORT SAME WITHIN SAID RECESS MEANS IN NESTED RELATIONSHIP THEREIN; AND STRUCTURAL STRENGTH-IMPARTING SUPPORTING STIFFENER WALL MEANS OF SUBSTANTIAL COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH POSITIONED EFFECTIVELY AROUND SAID COMPRESSIBLE PAD MEANS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO CORRESPONDING PORTIONS OF SAID CONTAINER MEANS AND EFFECTIVELY STIFFENING AND SUPPORTING SAME TO PREVENT THE COMPRESSIVE COLLAPSE THEREOF UNDER COMPRESSIVE LOADING UP TO A PREDETERMINED MAXIMUM VALUE.