Patent ID: 6886692

Claim:
A windshield packaging system for packaging a windshield that has surfaces, a width greater than its height, and a perimeter edge, said packaging system for protecting the windshield when said packaging system is placed beneath other packaging systems and oriented such that the width of the windshield is horizontal and the surfaces of the windshield are vertical, said windshield packaging system comprising: a) a plurality of clamps, each configured to frictionally engage the surfaces of the windshield, wherein each of said clamps includes a set of elongated cooperating jaws and wherein one and only one of each of said set of cooperating jaws is affixed to said carton; and b) a carton for housing the windshield while frictionally engaged by said clamps, said carton having a first and a second planner surface configured and oriented to surround the surfaces of the windshield made of corrugated paper having flutes oriented to run parallel to the width of the windshield.