PROTECTION MEMBER

• US 20080131225A1
• Filed: 10/12/2007
• Published: 06/05/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: American Containers Incorporated
• Original Assignee: American Containers Incorporated
• Inventors: Payne, Gregory A.
• Application Number:
  US11/871,242
• Publication Number:
  US 20080131225A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 410/34
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 7/0869 Protecting the strap or the load from wear
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 7/16 Protecting against shocks B60P7/065 takes precedence

Abstract

The invention relates to a corner protector of a window having a frame with an integral flange. The corner protector comprises a plurality of corrugated layers. The corrugated layers form two portions. A first portion is configured to be attached to a first portion of a window frame. A second portion is configured to be attached to a second portion of a window frame, wherein a corner is located intermediate the first portion and the second portion of the window frame. A free portion of the first portion of the member extends beyond the corner and overlaps the second portion of the member.

Claims

1. A member for protecting a corner of a window having a frame including:

a first portion including a plurality of sheets, the first portion connected to a first side of a frame; and

a second portion including a plurality of sheets, the second portion being interconnected to the first portion by an intermediate member and connected to a second side of a frame;

wherein a portion of the sheets of the first portion overlaps a portion of the second portion.

2. The member for protecting a corner of a window having a frame as set forth in claim 1 wherein the sheets are corrugated sheets.

3. The member for protecting a corner of a window having a frame as set forth in claim 2 wherein the corrugated sheets are manufactured from paper.

4. The member for protecting a corner of a window having a frame as set forth in claim 2 wherein the corrugated sheets are manufactured from plastic.

5. The member for protecting a corner of a window having a frame as set forth in claim 1 further including a slot capable of receiving a flange integral with the frame.

6. The member for protecting a corner of a window having a frame as set forth in claim 1 wherein the sheet includes a bend defining a free portion of the first portion, the free portion of the first portion overlapping the second portion.

7. A method of manufacturing a protective member comprising the steps of:

affixing a plurality of corrugated sheets together to form an upper section;

affixing at least one lower sheet to the upper section in a manner ensuring a central portion of the lower sheet is free from a central portion of the upper section; and

cutting the upper section at a location positioned at substantially the center of the central portion.

8. The method as set forth in claim 7 further comprising the step of cutting a slot in the underside of the at least one lower sheet.

9. The method as set forth in claim 8 wherein the slot extends into the upper section.

10. The method as set forth in claim 9 further comprising the steps of:

cutting the upper section and the at least one lower sheet in a manner forming a first side;

cutting the upper section and the at least one lower sheet in a manner forming a second side;

cutting the upper section and the at least one lower sheet in a manner forming a first outside face; and

cutting the upper section and the at least one lower sheet in a manner forming a second outside face.

11. The method as set forth in claim 7 further comprising the step of bending the lower sheet at a position proximate the edge of the central portion.

12. The method as set forth in claim 7 wherein the corrugated sheets are manufactured from paper.

13. The method as set forth in claim 7 wherein the corrugated sheets are manufactured from plastic.