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US 5,178,279 AGranted
Nestable dunnage
OwnerHazen J. Carrollinventor
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Abstract
Dunnage for automotive trim moldings comprises identical elongated, vacuum-formed strips each having upstanding, spaced apart posts and trim molding supporting bunks intermediate the posts with the bunks shaped to fit within trim moldings and support the Class A surfaces thereof spaced from the strip, and when corresponding ends of the strips are superimposed, the strips nest together in a compact space, and when the strips are reversed end-for-end, the posts support superjacent strips spaced vertically apart whereby the trim moldings are spaced from the superjacent strips.
Claims7
Dunnage for the handling of products comprising, in combination:
- a plurality of identical plastic sections each having a hollow base and a series of spaced apart upstanding hollow posts between which are product receiving and supporting bunks;
- said base, posts and bunks being so arranged that, when corresponding ends of the sections are superimposed, the posts and bunks of a subjacent section may be telescoped substantially within the corresponding posts and base of the superjacent section;
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- said posts and hollow base having cooperating engaging surfaces which bear against each other when the superjacent section is reversed end-for-end and placed in operative position on the subjacent section with the posts of the subjacent section received within and engaging the hollow base of the superjacent section, and such surfaces serve to support the superjacent section spaced vertically from the bunks of the subjacent section, whereby products supported on the bunks of the subjacent section are disposed out of contact with the the superjacent section.
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