Edge protector
OwnerJack B. Robinson, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A blank sheet of foldable material having a plurality of laterally spaced parallel fold lines dividing the sheet into five consecutive panels to allow for folding of the panels into overlapping engagement. A first leg formed from folding panels two and three so that the top side of panel two is placed in face-to-face contact with the top side of panel three. A second leg intersecting the first leg formed from folding panels one, four, and five so that the top side of panel one is placed in face-to-face contact with the top side of panel four, and the top side of panel five is placed in face-to-face contact with the bottom side of panel one. An adhesive placed between panels two and three, panels one and four, and panels one and five for securing the panels to maintain the legs in a fixed folded arrangement with each other.
Claims20
An edge protector adapted for protecting edges and corners of an article or reinforcing the corners of a container when positioned therein, said edge protector comprising:
- a blank sheet of foldable material having a top side and a bottom side;
- a plurality of parallel fold lines scored into said sheet and laterally spaced to divide said sheet into a panel one, a panel two, a panel three, a panel four, and a panel five consecutively hinged together at the fold lines to allow for easy folding of said panels into overlapping engagement, wherein panels three and four are of equal width and panels one, two, and five are of unequal width each having a width less than panels three and four individually;
- a first leg formed from folding said sheet to overlap panels two and three so that a top side of panel two is placed in face-to-face contact with a top side of panel three;
- a second leg intersecting said first leg formed from folding said sheet to overlap panels one, four, and five so that a top side of panel one is placed in face-to-face contact with a top side of panel four, and a top side of panel five is placed in face-to-face contact with a bottom side of panel one;
- and,
- an adhesive included between the face-to-face contact of panels two and three, panels one end four, and panels one and five for securing said panels in overlapping engagement to maintain said first and second legs in a fixed folded arrangement with each other.
A method of preparing a box edge protector comprising the steps of:
- providing a blank sheet of foldable material having a top side and a bottom side;
- scoring a plurality of laterally spaced parallel fold lines into said sheet so that said sheet is divided into a panel one, a panel two, a panel three, a panel four, and a panel five consecutively hinged together at said fold lines to allow for easy folding of said panels into overlapping engagement;
- spacing said fold lines so that panels three and four are of equal width and panels one, two, and five are of unequal width each having a width less than panels three and four individually;
- folding said sheet at said fold fine between panels two and three to overlap panels three and four with panels one and two so that a top side of panel two is placed in face-to-face contact with a top side of panel three, and a top side of panel one is placed in face-to-face contact with a top side of panel four;
- folding said sheet at said fold lines between panels one and two, and, three and four, so that panels two and three form a first leg intersecting with a second leg formed by panels one and four;
- folding the sheet at the fold fine between panels four and five so that a top side of panel five is placed in face-to-face contact with a bottom side of panel one for locking said first and second legs in position.
An edge protector adapted for protecting edges and corners of an article or reinforcing the corners of a container when positioned therein, said edge protector comprising:
- a blank sheet of foldable material having a top side and a bottom side;
- a plurality of parallel fold lines scored into said sheet and laterally spaced to divide said sheet into a plurality of consecutive panels including a panel one, a panel two, a panel three, a panel four, and a panel five;
- said panels divided by said fold lines so that panels three and four are of equal width, and panels one, two, and five are of unequal width with each having a width less than panels three and four individually;
- a first leg formed from folding said sheet to overlap panels two and three so that a top side of panel two is placed in face-to-face contact with a top side of panel three;
- and,
- a second leg intersecting said first leg formed from folding said sheet to overlap panels one, four, and five so that a top side of panel one is placed in face-to-face contact with a top side of panel four, and a top side of panel live is placed in face-to-face contact with a bottom side of panel one.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.