Packaging structure with sliding retainers for sheets of material
AssigneeMenasha Corporation
InventorsDavid M. Bartholomew, Brandon J. Craig
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Abstract
A rack for shipping and storing a plurality of glass panels includes a frame which holds a bottom support and a rear support in planes that intersect at substantially a right angle. The bottom and rear supports have notches to receive edges of the panels. The rear support has a plurality of channels with a separate retainer slidably received in each channel for engaging an upper edge of a panel placed in the rack. A spring loaded mechanism maintains the retainers in engagement with the respective panel, thereby holding the panels in the rack.
Claims21
A packaging structure for panels, the packaging structure comprising:
- a bottom support;
- a rear support having a plurality of tracks extending in a generally vertical direction;
- a frame supporting the bottom support and the rear support in positions for holding a plurality of panels in parallel planes that are perpendicular to the planes of the bottom support and the rear support;
- a plurality of retainers each slidably received in a different one of the plurality of tracks in the rear support to engage an upper edge of a panel placed in the packaging structure;
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- a mechanism which maintains each of the plurality of retainers in engagement with the respective panel.
A packaging structure for a plurality of panels, the packaging structure comprising:
- a frame having two opposing sides;
- a plurality of support bars extending between the two opposing sides of the frame, each support bar having notches for receiving bottom edges of the plurality of panels;
- an upright rear support connected to the frame to engage another edge of each of the plurality of panels, the upright rear support having a plurality of grooves;
- a plurality of retainers each slidably received in a different one of the plurality of grooves in the rear support to engage an upper surface of a panel placed in the packaging structure;
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- a mechanism which maintains each of the plurality of retainers in engagement with the respective panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.