Patent ID: 7204070

Claim:
A packaging system for packaging flat panel products, the packaging system comprising: a data entry device for receiving data related to a size of a flat panel product to be packaged; a dispensing device configured and arranged to dispense a corrugated edge protection material, said dispensing device comprising a container having a continuous length of the corrugated edge protection material, a driven feed wheel configured and arranged to advance a desired length of said corrugated edge protection material, and a cutoff shear configured and arranged to cut off said length of the corrugated edge protection material to a desired size, said corrugated edge protection material configured and arranged to protect a flat panel product from impacts; a controller operatively coupled to the data entry device and the dispensing device, the controller configured and arranged to receive the data related to the size of the flat panel product from the data entry device and to direct the dispensing device to dispense and cut a length of the corrugated edge protection material based on the data related to the size of the flat panel product; a rack, said rack configured and arranged to hold and organize a plurality of user-selectable, size-adjustable outer protective packaging material; a folding table adjacent to said rack, said folding table having a top surface with a front edge, rear edge, a side edge and an opposite side edge; said dispensing device dispensing said corrugated edge protection material onto said folding table from said side edge; said folding table receiving said outer protective packaging material for manually wrapping the fiat panel product within the corrugated edge protection material and inside of the outer protective packaging material and for manually adjusting the size of the outer protective packaging material; a backstop extending from the rear edge of the top surface of the folding table, the backstop having a folding channel configured and arranged to fold the outer protective packaging material over the flat panel product wrapped in the corrugated edge protection material when forced against said folding channel; and a banding device for wrapping bands around the outer protective packaging material to bind the flat panel product within the outer protective packaging material, said banding device being adjacent to said opposite side edge of said folding table.