Packing brace with interlocking members
AssigneeUnited Foam Plastics Corporation
InventorDavid M. Champ
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Abstract
A collapsible washing machine packing brace having three or four support arms. The support arms extend radially from a centrally disposed collar. One of the arms is formed by the interlocking engagement of two elongate members, one which carries a male latching portion and another which carries a female latching portion. The other support arms are of a unitary construction and are integral with the outer wall of the central collar.
Claims10
A collapsible packing brace for securing the agitator basin and agitator arm of a washing machine, comprising
- a generally circular non-continuous central collar;
- at least two generally rectangular integral support arms, each having a unitary construction and being integral with an outer wall of said collar;
- a generally rectangular latching arm extending radially from said collar, said latching arm being formed by the interlocking engagement of male and female elongate members;
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- a plurality of integral, semi-circular hinge means disposed on the outer wall of said brace between each of said arms.
In a washing machine brace having a centrally disposed collar and a plurality of radial support arms extending therefrom, the improvement comprising:
- at least two of said support arms having a unitary construction and being integral with said collar,
- a latching arm formed by the interlocking positive engagement of a male portion and a female portion of cooperating elongate members
- wherein each of said support arms has a central, v-shaped slit extending therethrough from said collar to a vertex spaced slightly inward of an outer wall of said arms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.