Packaging case for wiper blades

• US 7,527,151 B2
• Filed: 09/20/2005
• Issued: 05/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Se-Heon Park
• Original Assignee: Se-Heon Park
• Inventors: Park, Se-Heon
• Primary Examiner(s): Pickett; J. Gregory
• Assistant Examiner(s): PAGAN, JENINE MARIE
• Application Number:
  US11/229,592
• Publication Number:
  US 20060081493A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,323 Days
• Field of Search: 206/470, 206/461, 206/467, 206/471, 206/477, 206/806, 206/335, 220/4.23
• US Class Current: 206/470
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 2001/3898 method for manufacturing wiper blades
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 25/10 Devices to locate articles in containers for protecting articles from mechanical damage B65D81/02
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2585/6882 vehicle parts
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2585/6885 wiper blades
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 75/22 the sheet or blank being recessed to accommodate contents containers simulating a book B65D77/006

Abstract

A packaging case for wiper blades includes a lower case (20), a locating plate (30), and an upper case (40). The lower case (20) has a wiper storage compartment (21) opened upward and recessed downward. The locating plate (30) is attached via a hinge (31) on an edge of the lower case (20) to reside in an upper portion of the storage compartment (21), and has two rows of pluralities of locating tabs (32, 33), between which a space for inserting a wiper blade (5) is allocated. The upper case (40) is attached via a hinge (41) on another edge of the lower case (20), and has a plurality of locking protrusions (43) on the periphery at the upper portion of the storage compartment (42) for coupling to the lower case (20). The lower case (20), locating plate (30), and upper plate (40) are formed in one piece.

Claims

1. A wiper blade packaging case comprising:

a lower case including a wiper storage compartment defining a first cavity therein;

a locating plate foldably connected to a first edge of the lower case by a hinge, a locking plate configured to be disposed in an upper portion of the wiper storage compartment, and having at least two linearly arranged rows of a plurality of locating tabs, said rows defining a space therebetween for receiving a wiper blade; and

an upper case foldably connected to a second edge opposite to the first edge of the lower case by a hinge, said upper case defining a second cavity corresponding to the first cavity and having a plurality of first locking elements around an upper perimeter thereof for engaging with a respective second locking element provided on the lower case, wherein

the lower case, the locating plate, and the upper case are formed in one piece;

a first row of the two linear rows of the locating tabs is located near the first edge of the lower case and the a second row is located opposite to the first row;

the wiper storage compartment of the lower case includes a plurality of fastening columns corresponding to each of the locating tabs in the first row, said fastening columns are disposed on the bottom surface thereof and each of the fastening columns includes a plurality of second locking feature engagaeble with the respective first locking feature; and

the upper portion of the wiper storage compartment is spaced away from a bottom surface delimiting the first cavity.

2. The packaging case of claim 1, wherein the locating plate includes a locating enclosure for enclosing a central portion of the wiper blade disposed in the lower case.

3. The packaging case of claim 1, wherein the lower case, the locating plate, and the upper case are formed of a transparent synthetic resin enabling viewing therethrough.

4. The packaging case according to claim 1, wherein each of the locating tabs in the first row defines a first locking feature thereon.

5. The wiper blade packaging case of claim 1, wherein a length of the locating plate is shorter than a length of the first edge of the lower case.

6. The wiper blade package of claim 1, wherein each of the fastening columns has a triangular cross section.