Glass sheet shipping packages

In a composite shipping package including a shipping rack containing a plurality of up-standing sheets of glass having an open, substantially L-shaped frame upon which said sheets are supported on edge and an adjustable tie down apparatus, the improvement comprising

• a. a pair of spaced apart L-shaped pads each having a first elongated leg lying transversely across the top edges of said sheets and a second leg lying along the front face of the outer one of said sheets;
• b. a pair of banding straps wherein each of said straps is connected to one of said pads for holding said pad on said top edges of said sheets;
• c. means for connecting each pad to its associated banding strap which comprises a T-shaped slot in each end of each said pad and through which said banding strap passes,
• d. a first pressure member whose ends are connected to and extend between said straps and wherein the ends of the pressure member bear against said second leg of each said pad and,
• e. means securing said straps to said rack under tension for applying pressure on the ends of said pressure member whereby the pressure applied by each said strap to said pressure member is uniformly transmitted to said plurality of sheets to hold said sheets on said rack.

In a composite shipping package including a shipping rack containing a plurality of up-standing sheets of glass having an open, substantially L-shaped frame upon which said said sheets are supported on edge and an adjustable tie down apparatus, the improvement comprising

• a. a pair of spaced apart L-shaped pads each having a first elongated leg lying transversely across the top edges of said sheets and a second leg lying along the front face of the outer one of said sheets;
• b. a pair of banding straps wherein each of said straps is connected to one of said pads for holding said pad on said top edges of said sheets;
• c. a first pressure member whose ends are connected to and extend between said straps and wherein the ends of the pressure member bear against said second leg of each said pad,
• d. means for connecting each end of said pressure member to one of said banding straps which comprises an aperture in each end of said member and through which a banding strap passes, and
• e. means securing said straps to said rack under tension for applying pressure on the ends of said pressure member whereby the pressure applied by each said strap to said pressure member is uniformly transmitted to said plurality of sheets to hold said sheets on said rack.