Packaging system
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1. A frame for shipping and supporting goods, comprising:
- a plurality of elongated, hollow edge pieces; and
a plurality of corner pieces engaging ends of said edge pieces together to form said frame, each corner piece having projections comprising at least one plurality of pins extending into said end of at least one said hollow edge pieces.
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Abstract
A frame for packaging goods consists essentially of long, extruded edge pieces, and corner pieces. Each corner piece has projections that fit into the ends of two edge pieces, to form a rectangular frame, or three edge pieces, to form a cuboidal frame. The edge pieces are preferably L-shaped, and oriented to cradle the edges of a rectangular object fitted within the frame. In one embodiment, the projections may be in the form of three round pins in an L shape to fit into one L-shaped edge piece. In another embodiment, the corner pieces consist of two halves hinged together, so that the sides of the frame can be folded out into a straight line without being separated.
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1. A frame for shipping and supporting goods, comprising:
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a plurality of elongated, hollow edge pieces; and
a plurality of corner pieces engaging ends of said edge pieces together to form said frame, each corner piece having projections comprising at least one plurality of pins extending into said end of at least one said hollow edge pieces. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A frame for shipping and supporting goods, comprising:
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a plurality of elongated, hollow edge pieces; and
a plurality of corner pieces joining adjacent ends of said edge pieces together to form said frame;
wherein each corner piece has projections extending into said adjacent ends of at least two said hollow edge pieces; and
wherein said corner pieces comprise two parts hinged together in such a manner that two said edge pieces connected by a said corner piece can be hinged into an orientation in which they lie substantially in the same straight line. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for shipping and supporting goods, comprising:
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a plurality of elongated, hollow edge pieces; and
a plurality of corner pieces arranged to join adjacent ends of said edge pieces together to form a frame;
wherein each corner piece has projecting formations arranged to extend into said adjacent ends of at least two said hollow edge pieces; and
wherein at least one said projecting formation comprises a plurality of pins arranged to extend into one of said adjacent ends. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A system for shipping and supporting goods, comprising:
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a plurality of elongated, hollow edge pieces; and
a plurality of corner pieces arranged to join adjacent ends of said edge pieces together to form a frame;
wherein each corner piece has projections arranged to extend into said adjacent ends of at least two said hollow edge pieces; and
wherein said corner pieces comprise two parts hinged together in such a manner that two said edge pieces connected by a said corner piece can be hinged into an orientation in which they lie substantially in the same straight line. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 35, 36)
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34. A system for shipping and supporting goods, comprising:
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a plurality of elongated, hollow edge pieces; and
a plurality of corner pieces arranged to join adjacent ends of said edge pieces together to form a frame;
wherein each edge piece has a generally L-shaped cross section defined by two generally flat, perpendicular surfaces on the inside of the L, by two outwardly convex surfaces at the ends, by an outwardly convex surface at the outside of the angle of the L, and two outwardly concave surfaces on the outsides of the arms joining the outwardly convex surface at the angle to the outwardly convex surfaces at the ends; and
wherein each corner piece has projecting formations arranged to extend into said adjacent ends of at least two said hollow edge pieces.
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37. A system for shipping and supporting goods, comprising:
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a plurality of elongated, hollow edge pieces; and
a plurality of corner pieces arranged to engaging ends of said edge pieces to form a frame, each corner piece having a socket for receiving said end of at least one said hollow edge piece, and a projection within said socket arranged to extend into said end. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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