Patent Application
20250206512
The present invention relates to packaging material. More specifically, the present invention is an improved and innovated version of edge and corner protectors.
When it comes to packaging a certain entity or object, particular methods must be used to ensure that the package is safe when transporting from one location to another.
One type of packaging is typically a box, which surrounds the object completely. To safety secure the object within the box in order to prevent movement within the box during transportation, expanded polymer materials and/or protective material of some sort are used. In addition, another form of packaging includes the usage of pallets. Typically, pallets form a base structure underneath the object. The object is either strapped to the pallet or held by other means such as plastic shrink wrap. The forementioned methods has been traditionally used through the years within the packaging industry but has proven to occasionally damage the object being packaged.
An objective of the present invention is to protect an object or product during shipment, merchandising, handling, and of the likes. The present invention provides packaging material that does not require straps which may potentially damage the surface of the packaged object or product. In addition, the present invention is a packaging material used to assist the packaging of an object or product by means of being attached to the eight corners of a box.
This summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts in a simplified form, that are further described below in the Detailed Description. This summary is not intended to identify key features or essential features of the claimed subject matter. Nor is this summary intended to be used to limit the claimed subject matter's scope.
An edge and corner protector device is disclosed. The device includes a main body having a plurality of panels with one or more apertures, and one or more support members attached to the main body through the one or more apertures.
In one embodiment, the main body includes at least seven panels connected together.
In some embodiments, the one or more support member includes at least two protruding arcs.
In some other embodiments, the one or more support members are made of high molecular weight polyethylene material.
All illustrations of the drawings are for the purpose of describing selected versions of the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.
As a preliminary matter, it will readily be understood by one having ordinary skill in the relevant art that the present disclosure has broad utility and application. As should be understood, any embodiment may incorporate only one or a plurality of the above-disclosed aspects of the disclosure and may further incorporate only one or a plurality of the above-disclosed features. Furthermore, any embodiment discussed and identified as being “preferred” is considered to be part of a best mode contemplated for carrying out the embodiments of the present disclosure. Other embodiments also may be discussed for additional illustrative purposes in providing a full and enabling disclosure. Moreover, many embodiments, such as adaptations, variations, modifications, and equivalent arrangements, will be implicitly disclosed by the embodiments described herein and fall within the scope of the present disclosure.
Accordingly, while embodiments are described herein in detail in relation to one or more embodiments, it is to be understood that this disclosure is illustrative and exemplary of the present disclosure, and are made merely for the purposes of providing a full and enabling disclosure. The detailed disclosure herein of one or more embodiments is not intended, nor is to be construed, to limit the scope of patent protection afforded in any claim of a patent issuing here from, which scope is to be defined by the claims and the equivalents thereof. It is not intended that the scope of patent protection be defined by reading into any claim limitation found herein and/or issuing here from that does not explicitly appear in the claim itself.
Accordingly, it is intended that the scope of patent protection is to be defined by the issued claim(s) rather than the description set forth herein.
Additionally, it is important to note that each term used herein refers to that which an ordinary artisan would understand such term to mean based on the contextual use of such term herein. To the extent that the meaning of a term used herein—as understood by the ordinary artisan based on the contextual use of such term—differs in any way from any particular dictionary definition of such term, it is intended that the meaning of the term as understood by the ordinary artisan should prevail.
Furthermore, it is important to note that, as used herein, “a” and “an” each generally denotes “at least one,” but does not exclude a plurality unless the contextual use dictates otherwise. When used herein to join a list of items, “or” denotes “at least one of the items,” but does not exclude a plurality of items of the list. Finally, when used herein to join a list of items, “and” denotes “all of the items of the list.”
The following detailed description refers to the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers are used in the drawings and the following description to refer to the same or similar elements. While many embodiments of the disclosure may be described, modifications, adaptations, and other implementations are possible. Accordingly, the following detailed description does not limit the disclosure. Instead, the proper scope of the disclosure is defined by the claims found herein and/or issuing here from.
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In addition, the present invention is a packaging material used to assist the packaging of an object or product by means of being attached to the eight corners of a box.
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In one embodiment, the corrugated fiber product can be described with a peculiar shape or in some embodiments, the main body 10 may include any shape if necessary. In addition, the main body 10 further comprises one or more apertures (rectangular holes) 15 for the placement and protrusion of the assisting tabs (support member 20).
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In one embodiment, the corrugated fiber product may comprise a top portion 17 and a bottom portion 18 as can be seen on
In one embodiment, the main body 10 can be configured by folding the bottom 18 portion over the top portion 17 correspondingly. For example, the long side bottom portion 18a and long side top portion 17a can be folded onto the matching long side bottom portion 18b and matching long side top portion 17b, the long side bottom portion 18a and long side top portion 17a can be folded perpendicular to the top portion 17 and then the bottom portion 18 can be rotated so that the bottom portion 18 can overlap the top portion 17, and then the extended flap 17c of the top portion 17 will fold over to complete the final configuration as can be seen in
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In one embodiment, the assisting tabs 20 further comprises a set of arcs 21 on each surface besides the center crease 23. The support members (assisting tabs 20) may include any suitable shape including pentagonal shapes.
In one embodiment, the set of arcs 21 are panel corners protruding from the surface of the panel 22 with the corner end cut off. The assisting tabs (support members) 20 are utilized as a mechanism to assist the securement and the protection of an object or product within a box. The protruding arcs 21 of the assisting tabs are designed to protrude through the rectangular holes 15 of the main body (corrugated fiber product) 10 as can be seen in
To use the present invention, the user will configure the main body 10 into a final configured portion by means of folding the sides and edges (top portion 17, bottom portion 18, long sides 17a, 18a) correspondingly. In addition, the user will ensure that the support members 20 are correctly positioned within the main body 10 during the folding and configuring process. The user will successfully create, ideally, a total of eight final configurations (device 100) of the present invention. The eight copies (device 100) of the present invention are ideally used on the eight corners of the object or product that is being packaged into a box.
In one embodiment, the present invention packaging starts with a corrugated container which hold plastic trays in place, the plastic tray holds the load intended. The main body 10 (corrugated fiber product) can be made of plastic and the plastic tray can be thermoformed of injection molded, or any process of making a specific angular part to support the required load. Within a box, the present invention is used as an external boundary of the present invention to assist the securement and cushion the present invention from external force during shipment. The support members 20 (assisting tabs) can be used to position and hold elongated packaging material such as a long slab of wood or expanded foam/polymer material.
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Although the invention has been explained in relation to its preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that many other possible modifications and variations can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
