Corner fastening device

A method of fastening and reinforcing a corner of a box or tray and providing a support surface for a similarly dimensioned box or tray comprising the steps of inserting at least one pin each into the fluted section of two adjacent sides of a corrugated cardboard box or tray, the pins being fastened to and extending from a lower side of a planar base portion, the upper side of the planar base portion providing a support surface for a further box or tray, walls being provided on the upper side of the planar base portion to assist with positioning and retaining the box or tray on the support surface.

A box or tray corner fastening and reinforcing device comprising a substantially planar base having an upper and a lower side, a plurality of pins having sharp ends extending from the lower side of the base and a pair of walls mutually at right angles to each other and to the planar base extending from the upper side of the base, at least two of the pins of the plurality pins being positioned and sized to be inserted into the fluted sections of two adjacent sides of a corrugated cardboard box or tray, therebeing two sets of two pins, each pair of pins being adapted to be pierced into one each of the adjacent sides of the corrugated cardboard box or tray and further including plates extending down from the lower side of the base in the region of the pins and being substantially parallel to the pins, the plates being adapted to bear onto the outside surface of respective sides of the corrugated cardboard box to assist in retaining the pins in the cardboard.