Patent ID: 6458448
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: B65D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of protecting the edge portion of an article by means of a generally L-shaped edge protector, the protector being formed from a length of plastics sheet material having an indentation extending longitudinally along a major surface of the length and extending only partially into the thickness of the length whereby there is no deformation of the opposite major surface, the indentation dividing the length into web portions, the method comprising:locating a reel of the edge protector adjacent the article whose edge is to be protected; unreeling an unformed (flat) length portion of the reel and advancing it towards the article; passing the length portion through a former to bend one web portion relative to the other to form a generally L-shape edge protector; and applying an L-shaped edge protector along the edge of the article; wherein the thickness defined by the major surfaces of the edge protector in one of the web portions tapers toward a free edge of said web portion, away from the indentation.