Furniture corner protector
AssigneeHibco Plastics, Inc.
InventorsMark Pavlansky, Keith Pavlansky
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Abstract
Corner protectors, including corner protectors for furniture corners, are shown and described. Corner protectors may include, in some examples, a body, a first end including a shoulder, a second end including a cutout, a first side, and a second side. A cutout may include an attachment projection and an attachment receptor. Corner protector sheets may stack for convenient storage, with individual corner protectors removable from the corner protector sheet and each taking on an expanded form to fit around a furniture corner.
Claims15
A furniture corner protector for protecting a corner of a furniture item, the furniture corner protector comprising:
- a body including:
- a first main surface;
- a second main surface opposite to the first main surface;
- a first side;
- a second side opposite to the first side;
- a first end, the first end having a first shoulder and a second shoulder;
- and
- a second end opposite to the first end, the second end defining a cutout recessed inwardly toward the first end, the second end having a first cutout side and a second cutout side,
- wherein the first shoulder extends from the first side outwardly away from the second end, the second shoulder extends from the second side outwardly away from the second end, the first shoulder and the second shoulder meet each other and form an angle therebetween,
- wherein the first cutout side extends from the first side inwardly toward the first end, the second cutout side extends from the second side inwardly toward the first end, the first cutout side and the second cutout side meet each other and form an angle therebetween,
- wherein the second end includes an attachment projection and an attachment receptor, the attachment projection extends from the first cutout side into the cutout, the attachment receptor is a through slot within the body and spaced apart from the second cutout side and the cutout, the attachment receptor is open on the first main surface and the second main surface,
- wherein the body is in a flat sheet position,
- wherein the body is configured to be folded from the flat sheet position into a folded position for protecting the corner of the furniture item,
- wherein, in the folded position, the attachment projection is configured to extend through the first main surface, the attachment receptor, and the second main surface to secure the attachment projection within the attachment receptor, and
- wherein, in the folded position, the body forms a pyramidal shape, the pyramidal shape includes four sides defining a space, the space being configured to receive the corner of the furniture item.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.