US 5,508,078 AGranted

Edge and corner guard

OwnerMarc E. Stalnakerinventor

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Abstract

A padded edge and corner guard includes a central core material which is sandwiched between two soft and resilient padding sheets of material (e.g., open or closed cell plastic foam, etc.), which sheets are in turn permanently or removably covered by an envelope of fabric or other suitable material. The central core is flexible and will hold any shape to which it is bent or formed, thus also holding the surrounding resilient padding sheets and cover in the desired shape to grasp an edge or corner to which the device is applied. The central core is preferably formed of a relatively soft metal with low yield strength and high fatigue resistance; non-woven poultry wire screen has been found to be particularly suitable. Two or more guards may also be joined end-to-end by securing mating attachment components together, as required, to cover the desired length.

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Dependent claims

An edge and corner guard comprising:

a central core of flexible material adapted to be bent and formed by hand and to retain any shape to which it is bent and formed, said central core of flexible material being a metal wire screen;
opposite first and second padding sheets of soft, resilient material secured to said metal wire screen and sandwiching said wire screen therebetween, said first and second padding sheets of resilient material being adhesively secured to one another through said metal wire screen, and;
a soft and flexible outer envelope surrounding said first and second sheets of material, whereby;
said edge and corner guard is bent and formed to conform to an edge and corner object to which said edge and corner guard is to be applied and is placed over the edge and corner object, whereupon said edge and corner guard remains secured to the edge and corner object by means of said flexible central core of material being bent and formed to grasp the edge and corner object, with said central core of material thereby also holding said first and second padding sheets of resilient material and said outer envelope in position about the edge and corner object.

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