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US 7,748,527 B2Granted
Panel packaging system
AssigneeKohler Co.
InventorsMark A. Wisecarver, John R. Marquardt, Philip A. Blankenship, Mike Gammons, Buddy J. Thompson, Chris C. Beardsley, Tobin J. Vetting, Jason M. Roman, Kenneth S. Bashore
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Abstract
Packaging for one or more shower doors is provided where the doors are displayed to the consumer at the time of sale while associated hardware/header rails are secured from view, vandalism, and theft. The packaging provides a buffering frame around the doors. There are lateral wrap structures that retain the hardware and header rails, and end caps that provide locking cradles for the ends of the doors.
Claims5
Packaging assembly, comprising:
- a panel having a portion bordered by a frame;
- a sheet of packaging material having:
- (i) a central section;
- (ii) a first lateral side wrap section linked to the central section and retaining a first accessory for the panel when the first lateral side wrap section is rolled up around the first accessory towards the central section;
- and
- (iii) an end cover flap also linked to the central section and foldable with respect thereto;
- and
- a first end cap suitable to protect an end of the panel, the end cover flap helping in retaining the first end cap against the panel;
- the assembly further comprising a pair of locking tabs extending from opposite sides of the first end cap which both catches on the frame on opposite sides of the frame and thereby both helps lock the first end cap to the panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.