Packaging device

Claim 1

A PACKAGE FOR AN IMAGE ORTHINCON TUBE WHICH INCLUDES AN ENVELOPE DEFINING A TARGET PORTION AND A GUN PORTION COMPRISING AN ENCLOSURE; A RIGID FRAMEWORK CONTAINED WITHIN SAID CLOSURE INCLUDING A TOP AND A BOTTOM FRAME, CORNER POSTS SECURING SAID TOP AND BOTTOM FRAMES TOGETHER AND DIAGONAL BRACES EXTENDING ACROSS THE TOP AND BOTTOM FRAME AND THE SIDES DELINEATED BY THE TOP AND BOTTOM FRAME AN D CORNER POSTS FOR RIGIDLY SUPPORTING AGAINST INWARD MOVEMENT, THE TOP BOTTOM AND SIDES OF SAID CARDBOARD ENCLOSURE; GIMBAL MOUNT MEANS SUPPORTED FROM DIAGONALLY OPPOSITE CORNERS OF SAID RIGID FRAMEWORK INCLUDING BEARING SUPPORT PLATES SRECURED TO SAID RIGID FRAMEWORK, A BRIDLE INCLUDING A PAIR OF SIDE MEMBERS DEFINING AN OPEN PORTION ROTATABLY SUPPORTED BY SAID BEARING SUPPORT PLATES, A SUPPORT BAND ROTATABLY SECURED BETWEEN THE SIDE MEMBERS OF SAID BRIDLE, BEARING MEANS BETWEEN THE BRIDLE AND THE SUPPORT BAND FOR ROTATIVELY SUPPORTING SAID SUPPORT BAND; A CANNISTER INCLUDING A MAIN BODY PORTION AND A TOP COVER PORTION SUPPORTED BY SAID SUPPORT BAND, LATCHING MEANS FOR SECURING SAID TOP COVER PORTION TO THE MAIN BODY PORTION OF SAID CANNISTER, A WEIGHTING MEANS CONTAINED WITHIN SAID CANNISTER FOR MAINTAINING SAID CANNISTER IN A VERTICAL POSITION WITHIN SAID GIMBAL MOUNT; AND A VIBRATION ABSORBING CONTAINER WITHIN SAID CANNISTER INCLUDING A BOTTOM PORTION HAVING AN INTERNAL SHAPE FOR CONFORMING TO THE ENVELOPE OF THE GUN PORTION OF AN IMAGE ORTHICON TUBE AND A TOP PORTION HAVING AN INTERNAL SHAPE FOR CONFORMING TO THE ENVELOPE OF THE TARGET PORTION OF AN IMAGE ORTHICON.