Packaging for wheel rims
AssigneeWillowtree Holdings Pty Ltd
InventorAngelo TSOUTSOULIS
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Abstract
Packaging for a wheel 10 is provided that has a cylindrical rim 11 and first and second cylindrical flanges 12, 13 extending from opposite axial ends of the rim 11. The packaging comprising first and second sleeves 22, 44 in which the first sleeve 22 extends about the rim 11 and bears against a facing surface of the first flange 12 and the second sleeve 44 extends about the rim 11 and extends through the first sleeve 22, extending past the first flange 12 to form a support surface 66 spaced from the first flange 12. A method of packaging a wheel and a bulk package for shipping is also provided.
Claims26
Packaging for a wheel that has a cylindrical rim and first and second cylindrical flanges extending from opposite axial ends of the rim, the packaging comprising first and second sleeves:
- i. the first sleeve extending about the rim and bearing against a facing surface of the first flange,
- ii. the second sleeve extending about the rim and extending through the first sleeve extending past the first flange to form a support surface spaced from the first flange.
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A method of packaging a wheel that has a cylindrical rim and first and second cylindrical flanges extending from opposite axial ends of the rim, including:
- i. placing a wheel on a surface so that the axis of the wheel about which the wheel will rotate when fitted to a vehicle is generally vertical and so the first flange is spaced from the surface and the second flange proximal to or rests on the surface,
- ii. fitting a first sleeve about the cylindrical rim so that it bears against a facing surface of the first flange of the wheel,
- iii. bringing the second sleeve into connection or interaction with the first sleeve so that the second sleeve extends about the rim and extends through the first sleeve and past the first flange to form a support surface above the first flange.
A packaged wheel in which the wheel has a cylindrical rim and first and second axially spaced flanges extending from opposite edges of the rim, the wheel being oriented such that the axis about which the wheel will rotate when fitted to a vehicle is generally vertical and so the first flange is spaced from the surface and the second flange proximal to or rests on the surface, the packaging comprising first and second sleeves:
- i. the first sleeve extending about the rim and bearing against a facing surface of the first flange,
- ii. the second sleeve extending about the rim and extending through the first sleeve and bearing against a facing surface of the second flange or against a loading surface on which the packaged wheel is loaded, the second sleeve extending past the first flange and forming a support surface to support an object placed on the support surface spaced from the first flange.
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Packaging for a vehicle wheel that has a visible facing surface that is to be protected during transport, the packaging including a sleeve that extends about the wheel in general coaxial alignment with the axis of the wheel about which the wheel will rotate when fitted to a vehicle, the sleeve having a bottom edge for resting on the surface on which the wheel rests, or on a flange or lip of the wheel that rests on that surface, the sleeve also having an upper edge that is positioned above the visible facing surface of the wheel for supporting an object placed on the upper edge spaced from the visible facing surface of the wheel to protect the visible facing surface from contact with the object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.