Patent ID: 7913896

Claim:
A packaging corner formed from a board, the packaging corner comprising: a bent board, said bent board defining at least three strips, wherein said at least three strips are mutually parallel in a first direction and further: are disposed next to one another; are at least partially integrally connected to one another; and include: a central strip having a first interior edge and a second interior edge that are parallel to each other in the first direction; a first outer strip connected to said central strip by way of grooved sections along a first line at said first interior edge, said first outer strip further including a first exterior edge parallel to said first interior edge, wherein said first outer strip is angled away along said first line by approximately 90° in a second direction with respect to said central strip; and a second outer strip connected to said central strip via a scoring of said bent board along a second line at said second interior edge, said second outer strip further including a second exterior edge parallel to said second interior edge in said first direction, such that said second outer strip and said first outer strip are separated by said central strip, wherein said second outer strip is angled away along said second line by approximately 180° in said second direction with respect to said central strip; and a plurality of tabs, wherein all tabs of said bent board are integrally formed along said first interior edge and as part of said first outer strip, and with regions delimited by said first line and said cuts forming said plurality of tabs, wherein said plurality of tabs start at said first line and correspond to openings deviating into said central strip, and wherein said plurality of tabs are formed by a plurality of cuts between said central strip and said first outer strip, said cuts following a profile deviating from said first line to protrude into said central strip and wherein said plurality of tabs lock said bent board into a folded position by bearing against a free edge of said second outer strip opposite said second line.