Darrell Kenneth Jewell

US Patent:

20050260403, Nov 24, 2005

Filed:

May 18, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/131984

Inventors:

James Geary - Cochranton PA, US
George Noey - Harmonsburg PA, US
Darrell Jewell - Portersville PA, US
Timothy Leone - Meadville PA, US
George McElhinny - Cambridge Springs PA, US
Aleksandr Sobkin - Wexford PA, US

International Classification:

B32B027/00

US Classification:

428319300, 428318400, 206451000, 206586000, 053139600

Abstract:

A restraint, e.g. a corner restraint for packaging flat glass sheets, includes a first leg and a second leg joined at a vertex. Each of the legs have an outer surface having a first strap engaging position spaced from the vertex and a second strap engaging position at the vertex. The height of the first strap engaging position measure from an intermediate portion of the second surface between the first and second positions is greater than the height of the second strap engaging position. With this arrangement, the biasing force applied by a banding strap to the corner restraint reduces the biasing force applied to the vertex to reduce damage to corners of the flat glass sheets.