Paperboard protective corner and method for manufacturing the same

A method for manufacturing a paperboard protective corner, the method comprising:

• providing a single paperboard sheet of unlaminated paperboard sheet having a thickness between about 6 pts and about 17 pts and comprising first and second side edges;
• folding the single paperboard sheet onto itself according to a first folding pattern to form an initial multilayered sheet;
• folding the initial multilayered sheet according to a second folding pattern to form a final multilayered sheet;
• and
• bending the final multilayered sheet at an apex of about 90 degrees to form the paperboard protective corner and to define first and second wings having each at least five layers from the single paperboard sheet,
• the first and second wings having first and second corner ends each comprising a plurality of folds,
• wherein folding the initial multilayered sheet into the final multilayered sheet provides the paperboard protective corner the first and second corner ends, the plurality of folds including a first plurality of folds located at the first corner end, the first plurality of folds including an outer fold, a first intermediate fold nested in the outer fold, a second intermediate fold nested into the first intermediate fold and an inner fold nested into the second intermediate fold.

A method for manufacturing a paperboard protective corner, the method comprising:

• providing a single paperboard sheet of unlaminated paperboard sheet having a thickness between about 6 pts and about 17 pts and comprising first and second side edges;
• folding the single paperboard sheet onto itself according to a first folding pattern to form an initial multilayered sheet;
• folding the initial multilayered sheet according to a second folding pattern to form a final multilayered sheet;
• and
• bending the final multilayered sheet at an apex of about 90 degrees to form the paperboard protective corner and to define first and second wings having each at least five layers from the single paperboard sheet,
• the first and second wings having first and second corner ends each comprising a plurality of folds;
• wherein folding the initial multilayered sheet comprises nesting the first and second side edges in or adjacent to a corresponding fold so as to be unexposed to an exterior of the paperboard protective corner.