Patent ID: 8505467
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A system that facilitates preventing damage to cargo, comprising: a corner protection member that includes a top end and a bottom end, the top end is separated from the bottom end by a length to create an outer side and an inner side, the outer side is separated from the inner side by a thickness; the inner side is formed to fit a corner that is approximately a right angle, the corner fitting form is lengthwise on a midline between the bottom end and the top end; the outer side is rounded for a curved surface; the bottom end of the corner protection member includes a foot member that extends in a horizontal direction away from the inner side in which the foot member is substantially flat and is configured to slide under a portable platform; an upper set of openings on an upper portion of the corner protection member, the upper set of openings includes a first opening centered between a left edge of the corner protection member and the midline and a second opening centered between a right edge of the corner protection member and the midline; the first opening of the upper set of openings and the second opening of the upper set of openings lie on a same horizontal plane on the upper portion of the corner protection member; a lower set of openings on a lower portion of the corner protection member, the lower set of openings includes a first opening centered between a left edge of the corner protection member and the midline and a second opening centered between a right edge of the corner protection member and the midline; the first opening of the lower set of openings and the second opening of the lower set of openings lie on a same horizontal plane on the lower portion of the corner protection member; the inner side of the corner protection member contacts a corner of the portable platform that supports a cargo; and at least one strap that secures the portable platform supporting the cargo by lacing through at least one of the lower set of openings on the lower portion of the corner protection member or the upper set of openings on the upper portion of the corner protection member.