Packing element for stemware article

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION: A STEMWARE ARTICLE OF FRAGILE MATERIAL COMPRISING A BOWL, A BASE, AND A NARROW STEM CONNECTING THE BOWL AND BASE AND INTEGRAL THEREWITH; AND A PACKING ELEMENT PROTECTIVELY ENGAGING SUCH ARTICLE AND FORMED FROM A UNITARY SHEET OF GENERALLY RIGID IMPACTABSORBENT MATERIAL, SAID PACKING ELEMENT COMPRISING FIRST AND SECOND PANELS DISPOSED AT AN ANGLE TO ONE ANOTHER AND FOLDABLY CONNECTED TO ONE ANOTHER AT THIR JUNCTURE; A NARROW SLOT EXTENDING FROM A LOCUS IN THE FIRST PANEL TO A LOCUS IN THE SECOND PANEL THROUGH THE JUNCTURE, THE STEMWARE ARTICLE BEING SO DISPOSED WITH RESPECT TO THE PACKING ELEMENT THAT THE STEM IS DISPOSED IN THE SLOT AND IS ENGAGED BY THE FIRST AND SECOND PANELS; PANEL MEANS FOLDABLY CONNECTED TO THE FIRST PANEL AND HAVING A SPANNING PANEL MEMBER EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY ACROSS THE BOWL OF THE STEMWARE ARTICLE AND CLOSELY ADJACENT THERETO, SAID PANEL MEANS SERVING TO ENVELOP AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID BOWL; A THIRD PANEL FOLDABLY CONNECTED TO THE SECOND PANEL AND EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY ACROSS THE BASE OF THE STEMWARE ARTICLE AND DISPOSED CLOSELY ADJACENT THERETO; AND A FOURTH PANEL FOLDABLY CONNECTED TO THE THIRD PANEL AND EXTENDING THEREFROM TO ABUT AGAINST THE SECOND PANEL AT AN ANGLE AND FORMING, WITH THE SECOND AND THIRD PANELS, A TRIANGULARLY SHAPED PORTION OF THE PACKING ELEMENT CIRCUMPOSING THE BASE OF THE STEMWARE ARTICLE.