Protective packing apparatus, and fastener means, for easily damaged objects

Claim 1

PROTECTIVE PACKING APPARATUS, AND FASTENER MEANS, FOR EASILY DAMAGED OBJECTS, COMPRISING: CONTAINER MEANS TAKING THE FORM OF AT LEAST TWO CLOSELY ADJACENT AREA-COEXTENSIVE PROTECTIVE PAD AND COVER MEANS HAVING AT LEAST ONE PAIR OF OPPOSED MATING ALIGNED RECESS MEANS PORTIONS FORMED THEREIN, SAID OPPOSED MATING RECESS MEANS PORTIONS COOPERATING WITH EACH OTHER TO DEFINE AT LEAST ONE COMPLETE RECESS MEANS, WITH SAID RECESS MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AND PHYSICALLY PROTECTIVELY SUPPORT THEREIN A SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILARLY SHAPED AND SIZED, EASILY DAMAGED OBJECT, WITH SAID MATING RECESS MEANS PORTIONS BEING IN SURFACE CONTACT WITH AT LEAST PARTS OF THE SURFACE AREA OF SAID EASILY DAMAGED OBJECT IN A MANNER SUCH AS TO FIRMLY AND PROTECTIVELY SUPPORT SAME WITHIN SAID RECESS MEANS IN NESTED RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO THE EXTERIOR OF SAID CONTAINER MEANS, A FIRST ONE OF SAID PROTECTIVE PAD AND COVER MEANS COMPRISING A CORRESPONDING WALL PORTION OF SAID CONTAINER MEANS, A SECOND ONE OF SAID PROTECTIVE PAD AND COVER MEANS COMPRISING A CORRESPONDING OPPOSITELY POSITIONED WALL PORTION OF SAID CONTAINER MEANS, SAID PROTECTIVE PAD AND COVER MEANS BEING PROVIDED WITH CONTROLLABLY DISENGAGEABLE POSITIONING AND EFFECTIVE SUPPORT MEANS NORMALLY ENGAGING CORRESPONDING PORTIONS OF THE OPPOSITE PROTECTIVE PAD AND COVER MEANS AND EFFECTIVELY MAINTAINING SAID PROTECTIVE PAD AND COVER MEANS IN PROPERLY POSITIONED, AND SUPPORTED, ALIGNED REGISTRATION RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER, WITH SAID MATING RECESS MEANS PORTIONS IN SAID OPPOSED RECESS MEANS-DEFINING RELATIONSHIP; AND FASTENING AND LOCKING MEANS COOPERABLE WITH SAID PROTECTIVE PAD AND COVER MEANS FOR FIRMLY LOCKING THEM TOGETHER IN SAID ALIGNED REGISTRATION RELATIONSHIP; EACH OF SAID PROTECTIVE PAD AND COVER MEANS COMPRISING A BLANK OF PLASTIC MATERIAL FORMED FROM AN INITIAL SHEET THEREOF INTO A CONFIGURATION HAVING A MEDIAL-PLANE, SURROUNDING EDGE FLANGE AND HAVING BOTH EXTERIORLY AND INTERIORLY FORMED PORTIONS COMPRISING AND DEFINING SAID RECESS MEANS PORTIONS AND HAVING EXTERIOR CONTACT SURFACE MEANS EFFECTIVELY DEFINING PORTIONS OF A FLAT CONTACT SURFACE PLANE, EACH OF SAID PROTECTIVE PAD AND COVER MEANS BEING FORMED OF A COMPRESSIBLE EXPANDED-CELL TYPE OF FOAM PLASTIC MATERIAL COMPRISING A HIGH-EFFICIENCY COMBINATION THERMAL INSULATION MEANS AND VIBRATION AND SHOCK ISOLATION MEANS.