Carburetor package

Claim 2

A packaging assembly for carburetors of the type having a body, a lower base portion and an upper annular air cleaner seat, the assembly comprising: a container having a floor, sidewalls and a top for receiving and enclosing a carburetor, a semirigid bottom insert member for maintaining the carburetor in spaced relation to the container floor, and a semirigid top insert member having a plane surface extending between and in engaging relationship with the interior sidewalls of the container to prevent lateral displacement therebetween, and a cylindrical portion extending from the plane surface and terminating in an annular surface corresponding dimensionally with and adapted to engage the air cleaner seat, the cylindrical portion being of such depth as to maintain the plane surface engagingly adjacent the top of the container when the annular surface of the top member engages the annular air cleaner seat thereby to support, seal and restrain the carburetor within the container.

Claim 3

A packaging assembly as defined in claim 1 wherein the tOp insert member includes a deep annular depression in the plane surface thereof to define the cylindrical portion.

Claim 4

A packaging assembly as defined in claim 2 wherein the top insert member includes a plurality of depressions formed in the plane surface and extending radially from the annular depression toward the periphery of the insert member.

Claim 5

A packaging assembly as defined in claim 3 wherein each of the plurality of radial depressions includes an inclined lower surface extending between a point adjacent but vertically spaced from the annular surface of the cylindrical portion and the periphery of the insert member.

Claim 6

A packaging assembly as defined in claim 4 wherein the top insert member is formed of a single piece of plastic material.

Claim 7

A packaging assembly as defined in claim 1 wherein the bottom insert member has a table portion extending between and in engaging relationship with the interior sidewalls of the container to prevent lateral displacement therebetween, leg portions engaging the floor of the container for maintaining the table portion in spaced relation thereto, and means formed in the table portion for receiving and laterally restraining the base portion of the carburetor.

Claim 8

In a packaging assembly for carburetors of the type having a body terminating at the upper extremity in an annular seat for receiving an air cleaner: a container having at least one flat inner surface, a semirigid preformed insert member adapted for placement between a carburetor and the flat surface of the container including a generally planar portion having a deep annular depression formed therein to define a cylindrical portion terminating in an annular surface parallel to said planar portion, the areas of said planar portion both within and surrounding the annular depression being coplanar and lying adjacent the flat inner surface, the annular surface being dimensioned to correspond to and engage with the annular carburetor seat thereby to seal the carburetor against the ingestion of foreign particles and to maintain the carburetor in a substantially fixed position relative to the container.

Claim 9

In a packaging assembly for carburetors of the type having a body terminating at the upper extremity in an annular seat for receiving an air cleaner: a container having at least one flat inner surface, a semirigid preformed insert member adapted for placement between a carburetor and the flat surface of the container including a generally planar portion having a deep annular depression formed therein to define a cylindrical portion terminating in an annular surface parallel to said planar portion, the areas of said planar portion both within and surrounding the annular depression being coplanar and lying adjacent the flat inner surface, the annular surface being dimensioned to correspond to and engage with the annular carburetor seat thereby to seal the carburetor against the ingestion of foreign particles and to maintain the carburetor in a substantially fixed position relative to the container.

Claim 10

In a packaging assembly, the apparatus defined in claim 7 wherein the insert member includes a plurality of radial depressions formed therein and extending between the annular depression and the periphery of the member.

Claim 11

In a packaging assembly, the apparatus as defined in claim 8 wherein the planar portion is of tetragonal configuration having a shallow continuous side surface extending therearound for engaging the interior sidewalls of the container.

Claim 12

In a packaging assembly, the apparatus defined in claim 9 wherein the corners of the planar portion are squared off.

Claim 13

A container assembly for a carburetor of the type having a body and a throat terminating at the upper extremity in an annular seat for receiving an air filter, the assembly comprising: a container having a top and a bottom joined by sidewalls, a first insert of performed semirigid material disposed on the bottom of the container and having a floor, sidewalls, and legs to raise the floor from the container bottom, the first insert having depressions formed therein to receive the carburetor body in substantially conforming relationship to limit lateral movement thereof, a second insert of preformed semirigid material adapted to be disposed between the carburetor and the top of the container, the second insert including a generally planar surface portion having a deep annular depression formed therein to define a central cylindrical portion the lowermost surface of the central depression being adapted to rest on the annular seat when the top of the container is closed thereby to secure the carburetor between the first and second inserts and to seal the carburetor throat against the ingestion of foreign particles, to isolate the carburetor from shock transmitted through the top of the container and also to limit lateral movement of the carburetor within the container.

Claim 14

A container assembly for a carburetor of the type having a body and a throat terminating at the upper extremity in an annular seat for receiving an air filter, the assembly comprising: a container having a top and a bottom joined by sidewalls, a first insert of performed semirigid material disposed on the bottom of the container and having a floor, sidewalls, and legs to raise the floor from the container bottom, the first insert having depressions formed therein to receive the carburetor body in substantially conforming relationship to limit lateral movement thereof, a second insert of preformed semirigid material adapted to be disposed between the carburetor and the top of the container, the second insert including a generally planar surface portion having a deep annular depression formed therein to define a central cylindrical portion the lowermost surface of the central depression being adapted to rest on the annular seat when the top of the container is closed thereby to secure the carburetor between the first and second inserts and to seal the carburetor throat against the ingestion of foreign particles, to isolate the carburetor from shock transmitted through the top of the container and also to limit lateral movement of the carburetor within the container.

Claim 15

A coNtainer assembly as defined in claim 11 wherein the second insert member has formed therein a plurality of radial depressions extending between the annular depression and the periphery of the member.

Claim 16

A container assembly as defined in claim 12 wherein the second insert member includes a shallow side surface about the periphery thereof.

Claim 17

A container assembly as defined in claim 13 wherein the container and the first and second inserts are of tegragonal configurations, the corners of the inserts being squared off to provide a spacing between the insert members and each of the corners of the container.

Claim 18

A container assembly as defined in claim 14 wherein each of the insert members is formed of a single piece of plastic.