Packaging may include cushioning components. Cardboard corrugate cushioning elements may be configured with a folded cardboard spring, lateral stability wrap, and stiffening element. The cushioning components may include mechanical bends formed as creases, that provide resistance to deformation, thereby allowing the cushioning component to absorb impact and vibration, and replacing the need for less environmentally friendly cushioning, such as expanded polystyrene or foam cushioning.

Packaging may include cushioning components. Cardboard corrugate cushioning elements may be configured with a folded cardboard spring, lateral stability wrap, and stiffening element. The cushioning components may include mechanical bends formed as creases, that provide resistance to deformation, thereby allowing the cushioning component to absorb impact and vibration, and replacing the need for less environmentally friendly cushioning, such as expanded polystyrene or foam cushioning.

Packaging for an article comprising: a body portion to at least partially house the article, and; a positioning system to position the article on the body portion, the body portion having an adaptive portion including a fluidically sealable cavity with particle material arranged therein, the particle material displaceable in the cavity to a corresponding position to correspond to the article, with fluid removable from the cavity to hold the particle material in the corresponding position, the body portion including a back portion and a front portion, which is movably connected to the back portion, the body portion having a closed configuration, in which the back portion and front portion are arranged over opposed faces of the article, the body portion having an open configuration for receiving the article, wherein the positioning system is arranged to position the article on the body portion in a positioned configuration in the open configuration, and to maintain the article in the positioned configuration as the packaging is transitioned between the open configuration to the closed configuration.

Packaging for an article comprising: a body portion to at least partially house the article, and; a positioning system to position the article on the body portion, the body portion having an adaptive portion including a fluidically sealable cavity with particle material arranged therein, the particle material displaceable in the cavity to a corresponding position to correspond to the article, with fluid removable from the cavity to hold the particle material in the corresponding position, the body portion including a back portion and a front portion, which is movably connected to the back portion, the body portion having a closed configuration, in which the back portion and front portion are arranged over opposed faces of the article, the body portion having an open configuration for receiving the article, wherein the positioning system is arranged to position the article on the body portion in a positioned configuration in the open configuration, and to maintain the article in the positioned configuration as the packaging is transitioned between the open configuration to the closed configuration.

A substrate loading station includes: a first holding portion having a first holding groove defined in a first surface thereof; and a second holding portion facing the first holding portion and configured to hold a window substrate together with the first holding portion. The first surface of the first holding portion faces the second holding portion, and the first holding groove includes: a first groove extending from the first surface toward a second surface of the first holding portion, which is opposite to the first surface, along a first direction; and a second groove extending from an end of the first groove toward both sides of the first holding portion, which are opposite to each other in a second direction crossing the first direction.

A substrate loading station includes: a first holding portion having a first holding groove defined in a first surface thereof; and a second holding portion facing the first holding portion and configured to hold a window substrate together with the first holding portion. The first surface of the first holding portion faces the second holding portion, and the first holding groove includes: a first groove extending from the first surface toward a second surface of the first holding portion, which is opposite to the first surface, along a first direction; and a second groove extending from an end of the first groove toward both sides of the first holding portion, which are opposite to each other in a second direction crossing the first direction.

A shipping package and method of making a shipping package having a flexible inner sheet having a first surface and a second surface. The method includes providing one or more sheets of flexible material, joining the sheet(s) to form an article reservoir for accepting an article to be shipped, one or more expansion chambers, and an article retrieval feature. The expansion chambers can be inflated or otherwise expanded to provide structure to the package and to protect the article in the article reservoir.

A paperboard protective corner and a method for manufacturing a paperboard protective corner, the paperboard protective corner comprising: a corner body made of a single paperboard sheet comprising first and second side edges, the single paperboard sheet being folded onto itself to form the paperboard protective corner, the single paperboard sheet including a plurality of folds, both the first and second side edges being received in a corresponding fold so as to be unexposed to an exterior of the paperboard protective corner.

A package having a flexible inner sheet having a first surface and a second surface. The package has an article reservoir for accepting an article to be shipped. The expansion chambers can be inflated or otherwise expanded to provide structure to the package and to protect the article in the article reservoir. The inner sheet of the package includes a shrinkable material that can be activated to immobilize articles disposed in the article reservoir.

An inflatable web is disclosed. The web includes a first and second film ply sealed together. The transverse seals define first and second inflatable chambers. The web defines a separation region extending at least partially between the first and second inflatable chambers in a substantially transverse direction across the web and configured to facilitate separation of the first and second inflatable chambers. The separation region includes a tear initiation feature that facilitates tearing of the web to separate the inflatable chambers. The separation region includes a tear propagation line including a first plurality of perforations perforation is separated from an adjacent perforation by a land having a first transverse length. A tear initiation feature includes a second plurality of perforations, each perforation separated from an adjacent perforation by a land having a second transverse length, where the first transverse length is longer than the second transverse length.