Patent ID: 7111734

Claim:
An edge protector adapted for protecting edges and corners of an article or reinforcing the corners of a container when positioned therein, said edge protector comprising: a blank sheet of foldable material having a top side and a bottom side; a plurality of parallel fold lines scored into said sheet and laterally spaced to divide said sheet into a panel one, a panel two, a panel three, a panel four, and a panel five consecutively hinged together at the fold lines to allow for easy folding of said panels into overlapping engagement, wherein panels three and four are of equal width and panels one, two, and five are of unequal width each having a width less than panels three and four individually; a first leg formed from folding said sheet to overlap panels two and three so that a top side of panel two is placed in face-to-face contact with a top side of panel three; a second leg intersecting said first leg formed from folding said sheet to overlap panels one, four, and five so that a top side of panel one is placed in face-to-face contact with a top side of panel four, and a top side of panel five is placed in face-to-face contact with a bottom side of panel one; and, an adhesive included between the face-to-face contact of panels two and three, panels one end four, and panels one and five for securing said panels in overlapping engagement to maintain said first and second legs in a fixed folded arrangement with each other.