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US 5,175,041 AGranted
Corner and edge protector for packaging
AssigneeInnovative Enterprises, Inc.
InventorsH. Richard Webb, John F. Moog, Buford R. Strauser, Wayne S. Pratt
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AssigneeInnovative Enterprises, Inc.
InventorsH. Richard Webb, John F. Moog, Buford R. Strauser, Wayne S. Pratt
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A corner protector, which is formed entirely from paper honeycomb material, fits between the corner of a container and the corner of a relatively rigid object in the container and thereby positions the object within the container and protects it from impacts to which the container may be subjected. The corner protector, when in its assembled configuration, has at least three panels which are arranged perpendicular to each other. Being formed from paper honeycomb material, each panel has inner and outer facer sheets and honeycomb cells interposed between the facer sheets, with the axes of the cells being perpedicular to the facer sheets. The three panels share a common outer facer sheet, with the first and third panels being joined to the second panel along fold lines in that facer sheet. However, the inner facer sheets of the three panels are clearly distinguishable by reason of slit lines that separate them. Moreover, in the region of the slit lines the honeycomb cells are crushed such that the inner facer sheets are beveled downwardly to the fold lines. The panels abut along the beveled surfaces of their inner facer sheets. An edge protector has at least two panels which are joined through a common outer facer sheet and are beveled at their inner facer sheets opposite a fold line in the common outer facer sheet. This permits the protector to be folded over an edge of the object with the inner facer sheets presented inwardly toward the object.
A corner protector for positioning a generally rigid object having an exterior corner within a container that has an interior corner, with the positioning being such that exterior corner of the object is separated from the interior corner of the container, said corner protector comprising:
A blank capable of being folded into a corner protector configured to fit over the corner of a rigid object, said blank comprising:
In combination with a container having an inside corner and a generally rigid object located within the container and having an outside corner set inwardly from the inside corner of the container, a corner protector interposed between the inside corner of the container and the outside corner of the object for positioning the object within the container, said corner protector comprising:
A protector capable of fitting over the corner or edge of a rigid object to protect the object, said protector comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.