FLAT-PACK PACKAGING MATERIAL FOR DRUMS

Abstract

Provided is an inexpensive packaging member whereby musical drums can be packaged for transportation, in a short time and in the most compact manner, and can be safely transported. The packaging member can be inexpensively produced using a simple structure whereby cardboard or other sheet member is cut in a predefined shape and perforations are made therein. Furthermore, the packaging member is flat-packed and therefore does not occupy space during transportation and storage. In addition, packaging time can be shortened and drums can be safely transported. The flat-packed packaging member can be reused countless times if the contents are the same size.

Claims

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6. A packaging assembly for drums, the packaging assembly comprising a packing member having a cardboard including a multiple folding lines configured for inwardly folding said cardboard forming thereby a buffer section at the circumference of said cardboard wherein said buffer section is configured to support an outer periphery line of a drum.

7. The packaging assembly of claim 6 wherein said multiple folding lines are configured to form a plurality of buffer sections each having a shape of a quadrangular prism defined at the periphery of said cardboard and being configured to support an outer periphery line of a bass drum; and wherein said packing member further includes a buffer section formed at the center of said cardboard and being configured to support a head portion of a bass drum.

8. The packaging assembly of claim 7 further comprising a second packaging member having cardboard provided with folding lines configured to be folded to form thereby at least one wing defined at the edge of said second packaging member; wherein said cardboard is configured to support a first drum disposed inside a second drum; wherein said wing, when folded, being configured to be disposed between an outer periphery line of said first drum and an inner periphery line of said second drum.

9. The packaging assembly of claim 8 wherein said at least one wing includes four wings formed such that when said second drum is disposed at the center of said cardboard said wings are disposed around said second drum.

10. The packaging assembly of claim 8 wherein said at least one wing includes four wings formed such that when said second drum is disposed on the center of said cardboard said wings are disposed around said second drum.

11. The packaging assembly of claim 9 further comprising a first packaging member configured to be disposed on top of said first drum, and wherein said first packaging member includes a box configured to fill in a space formed between a top portion of said first drum and a top portion of said second drum when said first drum is disposed inside said second drum.

12. The packaging assembly of claim 6 wherein said cardboard is made of a corrugated sheet in which a corrugated direction is arranged diagonally with respect to said folding lines.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0026] [FIG. 1] The figure shows tom tom (300) stored inside a floor tom (200) which is stored inside a bass drum (100).

[0027] [FIG. 2] The figure shows not only the component structure of floor tom (200) and tom tom (300) but tom tom (300) which is stored in the floor tom (200).

[0028] [FIG. 3] The figure shows a block diagram of bass drum (100).

[0029] [FIG. 4] The figure shows a deployed view of packaging material (400) for bass drum (100).

[0030] [FIG. 5] The figure shows a perspective view of the above packaging material.

[0031] [FIG. 6] The figure shows a first member sectional view of flat-pack buffer section 33.

[0032] [FIG. 7] The figure shows a top view of the buffer section with which (33) the bass drum (100), floor tom (200), and tom tom (300) make contact when bass drum (300) is placed on the packaging material (400).

[0033] [FIG. 8] The figure shows a side view of bass drum (100) which is placed on the packaging material (400).

[0034] [FIG. 9] The figure shows a view of bass drum (100) which is stored in the carton box using the packaging material (400).

[0035] [FIG. 10] The figure shows a deployed view of packaging material for floor tom (200).

[0036] [FIG. 11] The figure shows a perspective view of the assembled packaging material (500).

[0037] [FIG. 12] The figure shows a perspective view of floor tom (200) placed on the packaging material (500).

[0038] [FIG. 13] The figure shows an overhead view of packaging material (500) put into the bass drum 100.

[0039] [FIG. 14] The figure shows a side view of floor tom (200) packaged with the packaging material (500) in bass drum (100).

[0040] [FIG. 15] The figure shows a deployed view of packaging material (600) for fixing the lower section of tom tom (300).

[0041] [FIG. 16] The figure shows a perspective view of packaging material (600).

[0042] [FIG. 17] The figure shows a side view of tom tom (300) fixed with the packaging material (600) in floor tom (200).

[0043] [FIG. 18] The figure shows tom tom (300) with suspension mount (40) on tom tom (300).

[0044] [FIG. 19] The figure shows tom tom (300) with suspension mount (40) and placed upside-down on the assembled packaging material (600).

[0045] [FIG. 20] The figure shows an overhead view of tom tom (300) as FIG. 19 stored upside-down in floor tom (200) put into packaging material (600).

[0046] [FIG. 21] The figure shows a perspective view of tom tom (300) stored in floor tom (200) using the packaging materials (600 and 700).

[0047] [FIG. 22] The figure shows the deployed view of packaging material (700) for fixing the upper section of floor tom (200) for storing tom tom (300).

[0048] [FIG. 23] The figure shows a perspective view of packaging material (700) for fixing the upper section.

[0049] [FIG. 24] The figure shows a perspective view of the installed state that packaging material (600) for fixing the lower section and packaging material (700) for fixing the upper section, used for when tom tom (300) is stored in floor tom 200, are installed on tom tom (300).

[0050] [FIG. 25] The figure is an overhead view of the fixed state that torn tom (300) is stored in floor tom (200) as FIG. 21 and covered with packaging material (700) from above.

[0051] [FIG. 26] The figure shows a corrugated sheet of corrugated cardboard.

[0052] [FIG. 27] The figure shows an overhead view of packaging material which is made by arranging flute (corrugated sheet) of carton box lengthwise.

[0053] [FIG. 28] The figure shows an overhead view of packaging material which is made by arranging the flute (corrugated sheet) of corrugated cardboard diagonally.

[0054] [FIG. 29] The figure shows the buffer material 32 which is formed by rolling up corrugated cardboard.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0055] The preferred embodiment of this invention is explained in detail by referring to the attached figures as below. It should be noted that repeated explanation shall be omitted by assigning an identical code to the components which possess the identical functional configuration stated in the detailed explanation and figures.

[0056] (1) Explanation on the packaging method for drums of different sizes (FIG. 1 to FIG. 3)

In general, the drums, as musical instruments, are played by using plural drums varying in the size. FIG. 1 shows the method to package drums in the minimum size. FIG. 2 shows the component structure of floor tom (200) and tom tom (300), and it also shows tom tom (300) stored in floor tom (200). As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, bass drum (100) accommodates floor tom (200), while the floor tom (200) accommodates a tom tom (300).

[0057] Bass drum (100) includes of drum shell (26), skin of drum which is drum head (27), rim for bass drum (28), hook (29) and bolt (30) as FIG. 3. In order to store tom tom (300) inside the floor tom (200), bolt (30) of the floor tom (200), tom tom (300), rim (31) of the floor tom (200) and drum head (27) thereof are removed in sequence.

[0058] The packaging size can be made smaller by using this packaging method, however, the problem is that inner drums suffer damage due to contact with each other in transit. In order to solve these problems, the simple packaging assembly and packaging method is explained in the present embodiment.

[0059] (2) Explanation of the packaging member for storing the filled bass drum (100) in the carton box 45 (FIG. 4 to FIG. 9)

It's explained about the packaging member for storing stuffed bass drum in the carton box (45). FIG. 4 is the deployed view of packaging member (400). FIG. 5 is the perspective view of packaging member (400). FIG. 6 is the sectional view of a prefabricated buffer section (33) of the packaging member (400).
Folding up a section of the packaging member in FIG. 4 on the inside, and inserting 2 stoppers (32a) which are on each side into, inserting slot (32b) and fixing them. Forming thereby a buffer section (32) formed as a quadrangular prism that can hold rim (28) on bass drum (100) from outside.

[0060] When the packaging member (400) is assembled as shown in FIG. 7, the inside surface thereof (44) is designed such that periphery line (42) of bass drum (100) to be housed is on the same line, therefore, these inside surface secures bass drum (100) from outside. The packaging member (400) is further designed such that the outside surface thereof (43) firmly secures the inside of packaging member of corrugated cardboard (45) which houses bass drum (100) and works as buffer material.

[0061] Furthermore, folding on the inside 2 incisions (33) which are at the center of packaging material (400), prefabricated buffer section to sustain drumhead of bass drum is completed by inserting stopper (33a) into chase (33b) which forms the quadrangular prism.

[0062] The packaging member (400) is disposed inside the carton box (45), the bass drum (100) is placed on it and is covered with packaging member (400) from the top then packaging is completed by closing the lid of carton box (45). FIG. 8 is a side view of the bottom of bass drum (100) when placed in the packaging member (400), by using the packaging member (400). FIG. 9 is a side view of bass drum (100) when housed in the carton box and the like by using the packaging member (400).

In this way, by supporting the drumhead (27) of drum (100), with buffer section (33) of packaging member (400), the total weight of tom tom (300) and floor tom (200) is not concentrated solely on hoop (28) as in the past, but the weight is dispersed throughout the buffer section. Accordingly, even when impact is applied to carton box (45) it can protect drums in the carton box safely and securely without damaging hoop (28).

[0063] (3) Explanation of packaging member for housing floor tom (200), into bass drum (100). (FIG. 10 to FIG. 14)

Next is explanation regarding the packaging member for housing floor tom (200), into bass drum (100). FIG. 10 is the deployed view of packaging member (500). Folding the wing (35) which works as buffer section for packaging member (500) inward, assemble it as FIG. 11. Likewise, folding the protrusion (36) inward, and assembling it as FIG. 11.

[0064] The packaging member (500) includes a buffer section (35) formed as quadrangular prism at 4 places on the packaging member (500) as shown in FIG. 10. The buffer section (35) can be made by folding the wing (35) inward such that it is designed to hold down the periphery line (38) of floor tom (200). The edges (41) of buffer section (35) on the quadrangular prisms at 4 places of packaging member (500) which are assembled at the same time, and the edge (36a) which is made by protrusion (36) of packaging member (500) that is folded inward is designed to make contact with the inner circumference line (37) of bass drum (100). As shown on FIG. 11, buffer section (35) of quadrangular prism works as buffer material between the inner circumference line of bass drum (100) and periphery line (38) of floor tom (200), and works to fix floor tom (200) inside bass drum (100) safely and securely as shown in FIG. 13.

[0065] FIG. 12 shows the installed state of floor tom (200) inside the packaging member 500. In order to house floor tom (200) inside bass drum (100), as shown in FIG. 13, the packaging member (500) is disposed on the inside of bass drum (100) and floor tom (200) is housed therein.

[0066] After that, the floor tom (200) is covered with packaging member (500) from the top. FIG. 14 is the side view of floor tom (200) housed in the bass drum (100). When packaging member (500) is placed on the floor tom (200) and housed in the bass drum 100, a gap is formed due to the difference of height between bass drum (100) and floor tom (200) as shown in FIG. 14. In order to fill the gap, box (46) is placed on the packaging member (500), so that the floor tom can be fixed to the bass drum, following which the drum head (27) of bass drum (100) is placed, the rim (28) is installed, and the hooks (29) and bolts (30) are mounted.

[0067] (4) Explanation of the folding of packaging member of the tom tom.

(FIG. 15 to FIG. 25)

[0068] Packaging member (600) includes a wing-like large protrusion (1) and a small protrusion (2) as FIG. 15. Along the folding line (3), defined on the periphery line (16) of tom tom (300), folding the inner wall surfaces (4 and 5) upright on the inside so as to surround tom tom (300), and folding the outer wall surfaces (6, 7 and 8, 9) on the outside along the polygonal lines (10 and 11). FIG. 16 is the perspective view of packaging member 600. Folded carton box as 800 in FIG. 17 forms a scalene triangle, and this form secures tom tom (300), and at the same time works as to absorb shocks on tom tom (300) from outside.

[0069] The periphery line (16) of packaging member (600) isis made slightly larger than the periphery of tom tom (300) such that tom tom (300) with suspension mount (40) can be housed thereby. Thus, packaging member (600) is it works well in all cases such as size difference by the manufacturers or things like suspension mount (40) for tom tom is installed.

[0070] Though the outer size of tom tom (300) with brackets and others is not constant, by the repulsive force of bended corrugated cardboard, the small and large outer wall surfaces (6, 7 and 8, 9) as FIG. 15 are forced on the inside. Even though the size of tom tom (300) may vary slightly, the inner wall surfaces (4 and 5) can adequately respond to it. The more uncertain size of drum the more easily secured.

Moreover, since the large and small outer wall surfaces (6, 7 and 8, 9) are not fixed, it has been so designed to absorb shock when taken from outside. In order to obtain efficacy from these, the tom tom (300) which is to be housed is placed upside down with or without the suspension mount (40) for tom tom. In addition, arranging the position where the suspension mount of tom tom is installed to correspond with the position of the edge (15).

[0071] FIG. 19 shows tom tom (300) placed upside down on the assembled packaging member (600). FIG. 20 is the overhead view of floor tom stuffed with the packaging member (800) and housed as FIG. 19 tom tom (300) upside down. FIG. 21 is the side view of tom tom (300) housed in floor tom (200) using packaging member (600 and 700).

[0072] When the packaging member (600) is assembled, it is designed such that the sides (12, 13, 14 and 15) are aligned on the inner circumference line (17a) and these sides firmly fix tom tom (300) inside of floor tom (200).

[0073] In order to house tom tom (300) inside floor tom (200), the sides (18 and 19) of packaging member (700) are bent for fixing the upper section of tom tom as in FIG. 22, along the polygonal lines (20 and 21). It then takes the shape shown in FIG. 23.

In the state that became this shape, from above the tom tom (300) which was already housed in floor tom 200, it is fitted to floor tom (200) so as to cover as shown in FIG. 24.
At this time, the suspension mount (40) on tom tom comes to the direction of edge 22. FIG. 21 shows the perspective view to indicate the state that tom tom (300) wrapped with packaging member of (600 and 700) as in FIG. 24 is housed in floor tom (200).

[0074] When housed in this way, empty space is generated because the height of tom tom (300) is shorter than that of floor tom (200). In that case, by placing a carton box (46) to fill the space, it can be firmly fixed.

[0075] Packaging member 700 as FIG. 25 is designed that the edges (22, 23, 24 and 25) align on the inner circumference line (17a) and these sides firmly fix tom tom (300) along the inner circumference line (17a).

[0076] As FIG. 21, after tom tom (300) is housed in floor tom (200) with every packaging member, by placing drum head (27) and rim (31) on, the drum is completed with bolt (30).

[0077] (5) Explanation about carton box (FIG. 26 to FIG. 29) FIG. 26 shows the corrugated sheet of carton box. Taking packaging member (400) for example, Corrugated sheet (47) of buffer section (32) of the quadrangular prism which is on the level in FIG. 27 becomes the perpendicular 48a to the buffer section (32). It works effectively enough to serve as buffer section against the impact from the outside, however, since the direction of corrugated sheet (47) of buffer section (32) which is vertical, becomes parallel 48b to the buffer section (32), it can not repel the shock from outside, it is not the structure to absorb impact from outside.

[0078] Therefore, in this embodiment, when cutting packaging member, by cutting the corrugated sheet (47) at 45 degrees with respect to the direction of the corrugation as shown in FIG. 28, buffer section (32) in FIG. 29 can always maintain 45 degrees whether it is on the vertical line or horizontal line. Furthermore, buffer section (32) which is formed by folding up corrugated cardboard, as FIG. 29, the direction of outer corrugated sheet (48e) becomes an opposite direction of inner corrugated sheet (48f). The strength increases moreover, by forming a shape of the triangle which forms 90 degrees of the interior angle of the vertex, and the structure can fully absorb impact from outside.

[0079] The explanation above was made about the preferred embodiments of this invention with reference to the attached drawings, it is needless to say that this invention is not limited to such specific examples constituting this invention. To the person concerned, it is obvious that one may arrive at the various examples of changes or modification within the category of listed scope of patent claims, thus it is generally understood that those things belong to the technical scope of the present invention.

[0080] The above described embodiment, for example, explained when cutting packaging members, by cutting the corrugated sheet (47) at 45 degrees for an element as shown in FIG. 28, but this invention is not limited to. It is not necessary to arrange the direction of corrugated sheet of packaging members (carton box) on a slant when cutting it, and it is not needed to be cut at 45 degrees even when it needs to cut.

[0081] Also, in the above described embodiment, explanation was made about folding up 4 sides (32) of polygonal shape of a carton box (400) to form the buffer section of quadrangular prism at the 4 corners of carton box (400), inside the space of quadrangular prism, fix 4 points from outside of the peripheral line (42) of bass drum (100) which is to be housed. The present invention is not limited to the above mentioned. By rolling up multiple positions on the surroundings of a piece of corrugated cardboard from the inside, bass drum can be supported stably by fixing at least 3 points of the peripheral line of bass drum. Using this invention, it is not only limited to bass drum, but to any arbitrary drum.

[0082] Also, in the above described embodiment, explanation was made about, by using the packaging member (600) for fixing the upper section of tom tom and a square carton box (700) for packaging, explained about the housing tom tom (300) in floor tom (200), this invention is not limited to the above mentioned.

Using this invention, it is possible to house the small drum into the bigger drum in every aspect.

[0083] Also, in the above described embodiment, explanation was made that to fold a square carton box (700) for packaging at the folding lines (20 and 21) evenly on the inside, wrapping around the peripheral line of bottom section of tom tom 300 from outside, the edges (22, 23, 24 and 25) at four corners which are formed by the folded carton box make contact with the inner circumferential line (17a) of floor tom (200), and tom tom (300) can be stored and fixed in floor tom (200). This invention is not limited to the above mentioned. The shape of carton box is not limited to quadrangle, but any arbitrary shape can be used. And folding the places are not limited to 4 points but multiple arbitrary points.

[0084] Also, in the above described embodiment, explanation was made that to fold on the inside at the folding lines (3) the wing-like large protrusion (1) and small protrusion (2) on the packaging member (600) which is for fixing the upper section of polygonal tom tom, to fix the upper periphery line of tom tom (300) with suspension mount for tom tom, this invention is not limited to the above mentioned. It could be fixed on the periphery of tom tom without suspension mount (small drum to be housed in bigger drum). Also, when fixing tom tom (the small drum to be housed in the bigger drum) it can be fixed at any place and number of places can be arbitrary.

[0085] Also, in the above described embodiment, explanation was made that to bend on the outside the wing-like large protrusion (1) and small protrusion (2) on the packaging member (600), at the folding lines (10 and 11) which dimidiate buffer section (6, 7 and 8, 9) and constitute a scalene triangle (800) at its side view, and packaging member (12, 13, 14 and 15) makes contact with the inner circumference line (17a) of floor tom (200).

This invention is not limited to the above mentioned. The shape which formed by folding packaging member need not to be a scalene triangle, as long as it forms the arbitrary hollow state.

DESCRIPTION OF THE ELEMENTS

[0086] 100 bass drum [0087] 200 floor tom [0088] 300 tom tom [0089] 400 packaging member for bass drum [0090] 500 packaging member for floor tom [0091] 600 packaging member for fixing the lower section of tom tom [0092] 700 packaging member for fixing upper section of tom tom [0093] 800 scalene triangle which is formed by wing 1 and 2 of packaging member for fixing lower section of tom tom [0094] 1 wing-like large protrusion of packaging member 600 [0095] 2 Wing-like small protrusion of packaging member 600 [0096] 3 Folding line of periphery line of tom tom 300 [0097] 4 inner wall surface of suspension mount 47 for fixing tom tom 300 of packaging member 600 [0098] 5 inner wall surface for fixing tom tom 300 of packaging member 600 [0099] 6 outer wall surface large 1 of packaging member 600 [0100] 7 outer wall surface large 2 of packaging member 600 [0101] 8 outer wall surface small 1 of packaging member 600 [0102] 9 outer wall surface small 2 of packaging member 600 [0103] 10 polygonal line of outer wall surface large 1 of packaging member 600 [0104] 11 polygonal line of outer wall surface small 2 of packaging member [0105] 12 left side edge which makes contact with inner circumferential line of floor tom 200 [0106] 13 edge of the other side of tom tom 300 with suspension mount 47 [0107] 14 right side edge that makes contact with the inner circumferential line of floor tom 200 [0108] 15 edge of tom tom 300 with suspension mount [0109] 16 periphery line of tom tom 300 [0110] 17 periphery line of floor tom 200 [0111] 17ainner circumferential line of floor tom 200 [0112] 18 side of packaging member 700 with suspension mount of tom tom [0113] 19 the opposite side of tom tom with suspension mount of packaging member 700 [0114] 20 polygonal line of tom tom with suspension mount of packaging member 700 [0115] 21 polygonal line of opposite side of tom tom with suspension mount of packaging member 700 [0116] 22 side that with suspension mount 40 at the edge of packaging member 700 [0117] 23 left side at the edge of packaging member 700 [0118] 24 side that without suspension mount 40 at the edge of packaging member 700 [0119] 25 right side at the edge of packaging member 700 [0120] 26 the body [0121] 27 drumhead [0122] 28 rim for bass drum [0123] 29 hook [0124] 30 bolt [0125] 31 rim for tom tom 200, floor tom 300 [0126] 32 assembly parts which works as buffer section of packaging member 400 [0127] 32astopper that is to fix buffer section 32 [0128] 32bgroove that is to stop stopper 32a [0129] 33 prefabricated buffer section of quadrangular prism which underprop drumhead of bass drum [0130] 33atopper for assembling buffer section of quadrangular prism [0131] 33bgroove that is to stop stopper 33a [0132] 34 opening section of bottom of packaging member 400 when assembling prefabricated buffer
section 33 [0133] 35 buffer section of quadrangular prism of packaging member 500 [0134] 35a stopper for fixing buffer section 35 of packaging member 500 [0135] 35b groove that is to stop stopper 35a of packaging member 500 [0136] 36 protrusion of packaging member 500 [0137] 36aedge which is made when folding protrusion 36 of packaging member 500 [0138] 37 inner circumferential line of bass drum 100 [0139] 38 periphery of floor tom 200 [0140] 39 edge which buffer section of packaging member fixes fixing floor tom 200 from the outside [0141] 40 suspension mount of tom tom [0142] 41 edge of buffer section 35 [0143] 42 periphery line of bass drum 100 [0144] 43 outside side of packaging member 400 [0145] 44 inside surface of packaging member 400 [0146] 45 carton box in which bass drum to be placed [0147] 46 box to fill space which occurs at the time of packaging [0148] 47 corrugated sheet of corrugated cardboard [0149] 48a direction of corrugated sheet of horizontal quadrangular prism of conventional packaging
member [0150] 48b direction of corrugated sheet of vertical quadrangular prism of conventional packaging
member [0151] 48c direction of corrugated sheet of horizontal quadrangular prism of packaging member 400 [0152] 48d direction of corrugated sheet of vertical quadrangular prism of packaging member 400 [0153] 48e direction of outside corrugated sheet of buffer section of 32 [0154] 48f direction of inside corrugated sheet of buffer section of 32