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US 2003/0111383 A1Published application
Reinforced packaging support post assembly
AssigneeSonoco Development, Inc.
InventorsYanping Qiu, Lawrence E. Renck
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Abstract
A reinforced corner post assembly for cushioning and protecting a packaged article from axial and lateral forces. The assembly comprises a conventional corner post having an outer wall and an inner wall joined at opposing ends to form a hollow tube and one or more reinforcing tubes disposed longitudinally within the hollow interior of the corner post.
Claims16
A reinforced corner post assembly comprising:
- a longitudinal corner post having an outer wall and an inner wall joined at opposing ends to form a hollow tube;
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- one or more reinforcing tubes disposed longitudinally within the interior of the hollow tube, said tubes being collinear with the corner post.
A reinforced corner post assembly comprising:
- a longitudinal corner post having an outer wall and an inner wall joined at opposing ends to form a tube having a hollow interior, a longitudinal groove being integrally formed in one of the walls, the groove including opposing sides extending from the wall along opposing edges;
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- a reinforcing tube disposed within the longitudinal groove, the reinforcing tube having an outer diameter greater than the distance from one edge to the opposite edge.
A reinforced corner post assembly comprising:
- a longitudinal corner post formed from a single sheet of material wound into a hollow tube having two or more layers, the corner post having an outer wall and an inner wall joined at opposing ends and a longitudinal slot integrally formed in one of the walls between opposing layers;
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- a reinforcing tube disposed within the longitudinal slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.