Corner protector

A corner protector for protecting a corner of a product during shipment, comprising:

• a first sidewall extending along a first plane and having a first sidewall inner surface and a first sidewall outer surface;
• the second sidewall extending along a second plane perpendicular to the first plane and having a second sidewall inner surface and a second sidewall outer surface;
• a third sidewall extending along a third plane perpendicular to the first plane and perpendicular to the second plane, and having a third sidewall inner surface, the first, the second, and the third sidewalls interconnected such that the first sidewall inner surface, the second sidewall inner surface, and the third sidewall inner surface intersect, the third sidewall further having a third sidewall outer surface wherein the first sidewall outer surface, the second sidewall outer surface, and the third sidewall outer surface intersect and form a second, opposite side of the corner protector;
• a product engaging surface formed by the intersecting first, second, and third sidewall inner surfaces on a first inner side of the corner protector, the product engaging surface including a recessed channel formed therein along a fourth plane perpendicular to the third plane, the recessed channel forming a first, generally planar support surface along the second side of the corner protector, the first, generally planar support surface being generally parallel to the third sidewall inner surface, the product engaging surface further including a second recessed channel formed along a fifth plane, perpendicular to the third plane, the second recessed channel forms a second generally planar support surface along the second side of the corner protector, the second generally planar support surface generally parallel to the third sidewall inner surface, and the product engaging surface further including a third recessed channel formed along a sixth plane, perpendicular to the third plane, the third recessed channel forms a third generally planar support surface being generally parallel to the third sidewall inner surface;
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• a bridge formed along the second side of the corner protector, the bridge interconnecting the second generally planar support surface and the third generally planar support surface.