Close-pack, vertical-stack webbing roll packaging
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1. A shipping package system with at least one tier of vertically-stacked webbing rolls, said package system comprising:
- a stacking platform;
a plurality of webbing rolls, each webbing roll having a first roll end, a second roll end, and a cylindrical, tubular core with an outer diameter, a longitudinal axis, a first tube end and a second tube end extending outwardly from each of said webbing roll first and second ends, respectively;
a first pad and a second pad for each said tier of webbing rolls, each of said first and second pads having a center, a plurality of first passages, a plurality of sets of second passages for receiving tube ends, each of said sets of second passages operable with one of said first passages and radially, outwardly displaced from said center and said first passages;
at least one of said pads positioned on said stacking platform;
each of said first and second passages of one of said first and second pads in alignment with an opposed first and second passage in the other of said first and second pads,webbing roll tube cores with webbing rolls thereon extending approximately normally between and into each of said aligned first and second passages of each pair of first and second pads, said webbing rolls movable in said second passages to tangentially contact at least two of said webbing roll of said tier, and,means for securing, which means for securing extends around said pads and platform to secure said pads and webbing rolls to said platform.
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Abstract
A shipping package system with at least one tier of vertically-stacked webbing rolls utilizes pads with an inner set of passages and an outer set of passages, which webbing rolls may have extended tubular core ends nesting in the pad passages. The outer set of passages accommodate radial webbing roll movement and inhibit circumferential movement about the pad center, which radial movement provides tangential contact between adjacent and/or inner passage webbing rolls.
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1. A shipping package system with at least one tier of vertically-stacked webbing rolls, said package system comprising:
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a stacking platform; a plurality of webbing rolls, each webbing roll having a first roll end, a second roll end, and a cylindrical, tubular core with an outer diameter, a longitudinal axis, a first tube end and a second tube end extending outwardly from each of said webbing roll first and second ends, respectively; a first pad and a second pad for each said tier of webbing rolls, each of said first and second pads having a center, a plurality of first passages, a plurality of sets of second passages for receiving tube ends, each of said sets of second passages operable with one of said first passages and radially, outwardly displaced from said center and said first passages; at least one of said pads positioned on said stacking platform; each of said first and second passages of one of said first and second pads in alignment with an opposed first and second passage in the other of said first and second pads, webbing roll tube cores with webbing rolls thereon extending approximately normally between and into each of said aligned first and second passages of each pair of first and second pads, said webbing rolls movable in said second passages to tangentially contact at least two of said webbing roll of said tier, and, means for securing, which means for securing extends around said pads and platform to secure said pads and webbing rolls to said platform. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A shipping package system with at least one tier of vertically-stacked webbing rolls, said package system comprising:
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a stacking platform; a plurality of webbing rolls, each webbing roll having a first roll end and a second roll end, which webbing is would on a cylindrical, tubular core, said tubular core having a predetermined outer diameter, a first tube end and a second tube end, said first and second tube ends extending outwardly from each of said webbing roll first and second ends, respectively; a first pad end and a second pad for said first and second roll ends, respectively, for each said tier, each of said first and second pads having a center, first means for receiving said tube end and maintaining said rolls approximately stationary and second means for receiving said tube ends, said second means for receiving said tube ends radially, outwardly displaced from said center and first means for receiving said tube ends; means for securing said at least one tier of webbing rolls and pads, with said platform; each of said first and second pads arranged to provide each of said first and second means for receiving said tube ends of one of said first and second pads in alignment with a mating first and second means for receiving said tube ends in the other of said first and second pads; a webbing roll tubular core extending between and into each of said aligned pair of first and second means for receiving said tube ends, said webbing rolls radially movable from said center in said second means for receiving said tube ends to tangentially contact at least two of said webbing rolls of said tier; said means for securing operable to secure said webbing rolls and pads to said platform.
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19. A pad for a shipping package system for transport and storage of webbing wound on tubular cores to form webbing rolls with a first end and a second end, said tubular cores having a first core end and a second core end extending from said webbing roll;
- said pad comprising an upper surface, a lower surface, and a center position on said upper and lower surface, a plurality of first passages positioned about said center position and a plurality of sets of second passages, each of said sets of second passages operable with one of said first passages;
each pad having radii extending from said center position;
each of said second passages being generally elliptically shaped and having a major axis and at least one minor axis, each of said second passages having its major axis approximately aligned along one of said radii;
each of said plurality of first and plurality of second passages operable to receive one of said extending first and second core ends for vertical stacking of said webbing rolls, which second passages allow movement of said tubular core ends in said second passages along said major axis and inhibit webbing roll rotational movement about said center position. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
- said pad comprising an upper surface, a lower surface, and a center position on said upper and lower surface, a plurality of first passages positioned about said center position and a plurality of sets of second passages, each of said sets of second passages operable with one of said first passages;
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