Patent ID: 8038010

Claim:
A single piece edge protector for a curved object comprising: a laminated U-board having a bottom wall, a first sidewall, a second sidewall, and an end cap closure, the U-board being rigid such that the first and second sidewalls do not fold downward onto the bottom wall, the first sidewall and the second sidewall having preformed cuts formed at an angle about 15 degrees from a plane perpendicular to the bottom wall of the U-board, and wherein a preformed cut on the first sidewall corresponds to and is directly across from a preformed cut on the second sidewall, the preformed cuts formed such that a width of an opening formed by the preformed cuts increases from a bottom to a top of the opening, a plurality of preformed cuts on the first sidewall and a plurality of preformed cuts on the second sidewall form a plurality of legs along a length of the edge protector, and wherein the end cap closure is formed by bending at the bottom wall and having one or more of the plurality of legs overlap an adjacent leg.