Claims
- 1. A protective device adapted to be used with a container when packaging an object wherein the container has an interior and a wall that is provided with a handhold opening of a selected size and configuration, the protective device operative to inhibit ingress of unwanted materials into the interior through the handhold opening while permitting insertion of a hand for grasping the handhold opening, comprising:
- (a) a mounting panel sized and configured to have a mounting panel size greater than the selected size and configuration of the handhold opening, said mounting panel having a portal formed therein;
- (b) a first adhesive material located on a first side surface of said mounting panel and operative to secure said mounting panel in a secured state to said wall in the interior of said container with the portal positioned over the handhold opening, said first adhesive material forming a continuous, uninterrupted seal around the handhold opening when in the secured state thereby to seal said mounting panel to said wall in a surrounding relation to the handhold opening;
- (c) a deadening material disposed on a selected area of said first adhesive material thereby to inhibit adherence of said mounting panel to a portion of said wall which confronts the deadening material thereby to provide a region of said mounting panel that is unsecured to said wall at a location alongside the handhold opening; and
- (d) an exclusion panel having a surrounding outer peripheral margin portion, said exclusion panel sized and configured to have a panel size greater than the selected size and configuration of the handhold opening, said exclusion panel located on a second side of said mounting panel opposite said adhesive material and with said outer peripheral margin portion secured to said mounting panel thereby to position and secure said exclusion panel in a position over the handhold opening.
- 2. A protective device according to claim 1 wherein said portal is formed by a scored portion of said mounting panel that defines a tear-away section thereof.
- 3. A protective device according to claim 2 wherein said scored portion includes a plurality of parallel first score lines.
- 4. A protective device according to claim 3 wherein said scored portion includes a plurality of parallel second score lines, said second score lines extending transversely of said first score lines.
- 5. A protective device according to claim 2 wherein said scored portion extends completely from one edge of said mounting panel to an opposite edge of said mounting panel.
- 6. A protective device according to claim 1 wherein said margin portion is fused to said mounting panel.
- 7. A protective device according to claim 1 wherein said margin portion is secured to said mounting panel by a second adhesive material.
- 8. A protective device according to claim 1 wherein said deadening material includes a strip of non-adhesive material affixed to said mounting panel.
- 9. A protective device according to claim 8 wherein said non-adhesive material is paper.
- 10. A protective device according to claim 1 wherein said deadening material includes a chemical compound.
- 11. A protective device according to claim 1 including a peel-away backing panel to which said mounting panel is releasable secured, said backing panel operative to protect said first adhesive material prior to being placed in the secured state on said wall.
- 12. A protective device according to claim 1 wherein said mounting panel is constructed of a paper material and wherein said exclusion panel is constructed of a plastic material.
- 13. A protective device adapted to be used with a container when packaging an object wherein the container has an interior and a wall that is provided with a handhold opening of a selected size and configuration, the protective device operative to inhibit ingress of unwanted materials into the interior through the handhold opening while permitting insertion of a hand for grasping the handhold opening, comprising:
- (a) a mounting panel having a surrounding periphery and sized and configured to have a mounting panel size greater than the selected size and configuration of the handhold opening, said mounting panel having opposite side edges and including a portal formed therein by a scored portion of said mounting panel that defines a tear-away section thereof, said scored portion extending completely from one edge of said mounting panel to an opposite edge of said mounting panel;
- (b) an adhesive material completely covering a first side surface of said mounting panel and operative to secure said mounting panel in a secured state to said wall in the interior of said container with the portal positioned over the handhold opening, said adhesive material forming a continuous, uninterrupted seal around the handhold opening when in the secured state thereby to seal a peripheral margin portion of said mounting panel to said wall in a surrounding relation to the handhold opening;
- (c) a deadening material disposed on a selected area of said adhesive material on said first side surface thereby to inhibit adherence of said mounting panel to a portion of said wall confronting the deadening material thereby to provide a region of said mounting panel that is unsecured to said wall at a location alongside the handhold opening; and
- (d) an exclusion panel having a surrounding outer peripheral margin portion, said exclusion panel sized and configured to have a panel size greater than the selected size and configuration of the handhold opening, said exclusion panel located on a second side of said mounting panel opposite said adhesive material and with said outer peripheral margin portion secured to said mounting panel thereby to position and secure said exclusion panel in a position over the handhold opening.
- 14. A protective device according to claim 13 wherein said scored portion includes a plurality of parallel first score lines.
- 15. A protective device according to claim 14 wherein said scored portion includes a plurality of parallel second score lines, said second score lines extending transversely of said first score lines.
- 16. A protective device according to claim 13 wherein said margin portion is fused to said mounting panel.
- 17. A protective device according to claim 13 wherein said deadening material includes a strip of non-adhesive material affixed to said mounting panel.
- 18. A protective device according to claim 13 including a peel-away backing panel to which said mounting panel is releasable secured, said backing panel operative to protect said adhesive material prior to being placed in the secured state on said wall.
- 19. A container adapted for use in packaging an object comprising:
- (a) a bottom wall, a top wall and a surrounding sidewall operative to enclose an interior, said surrounding sidewall having a handhold opening formed therethrough, the handhold opening of a selected size and configuration; and
- (b) a protective device including a mounting panel sized and configured to have a mounting panel size greater than the selected size and configuration of the handhold opening, said mounting panel having a portal formed therein, a first adhesive material located on a first side surface of said mounting panel and operative to secure said mounting panel in a secured state to said wall in the interior of said container with the portal positioned over the handhold opening, said first adhesive material forming a continuous, uninterrupted seal around the handhold opening thereby to seal said mounting panel to said wall in a surrounding relation to the handhold opening, a deadening material disposed on a selected area of said first adhesive material thereby to inhibit adherence of said mounting panel to a portion of said wall confronting the deadening material thereby to provide a region of said mounting panel that is unsecured to said wall at a location alongside the handhold opening, and an exclusion panel having a surrounding outer peripheral margin portion, said exclusion panel sized and configured to have a panel size greater than the selected size and configuration of the handhold opening, said exclusion panel located on a second side of said mounting panel opposite said adhesive material and with said outer peripheral margin portion secured to said mounting panel thereby to position and secure said exclusion panel in a position over the handhold opening.
- 20. A container according to claim 19 wherein said portal is formed by a scored portion of said mounting panel that defines a tear-away section thereof.
- 21. A container according to claim 20 wherein said scored portion includes a plurality of parallel first score lines.
- 22. A container according to claim 21 wherein said scored portion includes a plurality of parallel second score lines, said second score lines extending transversely of said first score lines.
- 23. A container according to claim 20 wherein said scored portion extends completely from one edge of said mounting panel to an opposite edge of said mounting panel.
- 24. A container according to claim 19 wherein said margin portion is fused to said mounting panel.
- 25. A container according to claim 19 wherein said margin portion is secured to said mounting panel by a second adhesive material.
- 26. A container according to claim 19 wherein said deadening material includes a strip of non-adhesive material affixed to said mounting panel.
- 27. A container according to claim 26 wherein said non-adhesive material is paper.
- 28. A container according to claim 19 including a peel-away backing panel to which said mounting panel is releasable secured, said backing panel operative to protect said first adhesive material prior to being placed in the secured state on said wall.
RELATED APPLICATION
The present application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/494,930 entitled Protective Device For Use With Containers Having Handhold Openings filed 26 Jun. 1995 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,727,728.
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