IP Library Granted Patent US 9,511,920
Granted Patent B2
US 9,511,920 · App. 13/937,791 · Granted Dec 6, 2016

Edge protector

Inventors: Marcus Baker (Saginaw, MI); Todd Fleury (Cambridge, CA)
Assignee: T & M Design, LLC
B65D81/054
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Patent No.
US 9,511,920
App. No.
13/937,791
Granted
Dec 6, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An edge protector for disposition along an angled edge of an article includes a pair of interior walls; the walls being integrally joined in angular relation to one another at an interior edge when the angle edge protector is in an in-use configuration disposed along the angled edge of the article; a first exterior wall connected to an end of one of the pair of interior walls; and, a first arcuate wall having a first end integrally joined with the first exterior wall, the first arcuate wall having a curvature such that a second end of the first arcuate wall is proximate the interior edge when the angle edge protector is in the in-use configuration. Preferably, there are two arcuate portions, and the edge protector is symmetrical.

Claims (17)

1. An edge protector for disposition along an angled edge of an article comprising:

a pair of interior walls; said walls being integrally joined in angular relation to one another at an interior edge when the angle edge protector is in an in-use configuration disposed along the angled edge of the article;

a first exterior arcuate wall connected to an end of one of said pair of interior walls, said first exterior arcuate wall having a curvature that converges with said interior edge when the angle edge protector is in said in-use configuration;

a second exterior arcuate wall connected to an end of the other of said pair of interior walls, said second exterior arcuate wall having a curvature that converges with said interior edge when the angle edge protector is in said in-use configuration;

wherein the angle edge protector is positionable in a storage configuration; said pair of interior walls being integral and planar with one another in said storage configuration;

and wherein said first exterior arcuate wall is planar with said pair of interior walls in said storage configuration; and further comprising a divot forming a portion between said first arcuate exterior wall and said end of said one of said pair of interior walls.

2. An edge protector according to claim 1 , further comprising a first hinge forming a joining portion between said first arcuate exterior wall and said end of one of said pair of interior walls; and a hinge forming a joining portion between said second arcuate exterior wall and said end of the other of said pair of interior walls.

3. An angle edge protector according to claim 1 , wherein said angular relation is at a right angle.

4. An edge protector according to claim 1 , wherein said edge protector comprises paper liner board.

5. An edge protector according to claim 1 , wherein said edge protector comprises a material selected from the group consisting of paper, molded pulp, plastic, phenolic, and metal.

6. An edge protector for disposition along an angled edge of an article comprising:

a first and a second interior walls coupled to each other by an integrally joined edge in angular relation to one another when the edge protector is in an in-use configuration disposed along the angled edge of the article;

a first exterior wall coupled by a first hinged edge to an exterior edge of the first interior wall; the length along the first exterior wall being longer than the length of the first interior wall; and

the first exterior wall being shaped to converge with the integrally joined edge.

7. The edge protector according to claim 6 further comprising:

a second exterior wall coupled by a second hinged edge to an exterior edge of the second interior walls; the length along the second exterior wall being longer than the length of the second interior wall; and the second exterior wall being shaped to coverage with the integerally joined edge.

8. The edge protector according to claim 6 , wherein at least a portion of the first interior wall directly adjacent the first hinged edge contacts a portion of the article when the edge protector is disposed along an angled edge of the article.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 9, 2013
From: BAKER, MARCUS; FLEURY, TODD
To: T & M DESIGN, LLC
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Continuity (1)
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