Patent ID: 6629608
Filing Date: 2003-10-07
Classification: B65D,Y02W

Abstract:
An article edge or corner protecting device of vacuum molded fiber and as molded defining a material thickness, said device comprising:first and second elongate wall portions each having opposed elongate edges, said first and second wall portions joined together along one each of said edges and oriented to form an angle to thereby define inner and outer wall sides and a curved juncture there between adapted to receive an edge of an article to be protected, the inner sides of said wall portions adapted for engagement of article wall segments adjacent said article edge; said inner wall sides having a serpentine configuration defining lands and valleys and spaced sufficiently close together whereby, as molded, the lands produced are at least in part the defined material thickness doubled onto itself to form substantially vertical columns identified as crumple zones and the intervening valleys form arches of single material thickness that interconnect the lands and are identified as rebounding arch zones.