US 6,257,802 B1 · Packaging arrangements for rock stabilizer sets

Abstract

A package of rock stabilizer sets and a method for arranging the sets where six sets are provided and each set includes an elongated tube and a bearing plate. Each tube has a tapered end, an end with a flange, and a slit running the length of the tube. Each bearing plate has a flat base and a central domed section having a central aperture therethrough. In a first embodiment, the tubes of four of the sets are arranged in a first or bottom layer so that the flanged and tapered ends of the tubes are aligned alternatively and the slits face downwardly. Next, the plates of three of the sets are placed along the length of the four tubes so that the domed sections face upwardly, thereby forming a second layer. A third layer is formed by placing the three remaining plates on top of the first three plates, respectively, so that the domed sections of the second layer nest within the respective domed sections of the third layer. Then, the remaining two tubes are layered in a fourth or top layer on the flat base of each of the plates of the third layer so that the domed sections are exposed and the flanged end of one tube is aligned with the tapered end of the other tube. The sets may then be bound with a strap or the like. In a second embodiment, the tubes may be longer than the tubes of the first embodiment so that all of the plates are placed along the length of the bottom layer of tubes, thereby forming one layer of plates as opposed to two layers as in the first embodiment.

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Dependent claims

A package of rock stabilizer sets comprising:

six rock stabilizer sets, each of said sets including an elongated tube having a tapered end, an end with a flange, and a slit running the length of said tube, each set further including a bearing plate with a base and a central domed section extending upwardly from the center of said base, said domed section having an aperture located in the center thereof;
a first layer comprised of four of said tubes placed side by side so that said flanged ends of said tubes are aligned alternatively with said tapered ends of said tubes and said slits face downwardly;
a second layer comprised of three of said plates arranged side by side on top of said first layer so that said domed sections face upwardly;
a third layer comprised of the remaining three plates arranged side by side on top of said second layer so that said domed sections face upwardly;
a fourth layer comprised of the remaining two tubes arranged on top of said third layer with said slits facing downwardly and said two tubes positioned on each of the bases of said plates comprising said third layer;
and
binding means securing said layers together.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Packaging arrangements for rock stabilizer sets

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Packaging arrangements for rock stabilizer sets

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Abstract

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