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Western Pulp Products Company

Richard D Hurley

Richard B Hurley

Mark W Betts

Scott J Seelye

Melvin K Kelsey

Randy A Laws

An overhang edge shipping protector is provided that may allow for enhanced protection of an overhang edge during shipping of an item having an overhang edge. The overhang edge shipping protector may include an overhang cavity, one or more side lands and a buttress, all of which may be capable of absorbing and transferring energy from an adverse impact force to more suitable and sturdy locations of the item, such as the sides.

Overhang edge shipping protector

A shipping tray for bottles or other such fragile vessels suitably containing liquids therein employs a two-sided configuration with bottle receiving cradles and top and bottom stop members to prevent the bottle from sliding out of the tray. Shock absorbing members are provided about the perimeter of the tray, as well as a perimeter groove. Indentations at spaced locations on the tray perimeter function as shock absorbing spring members, and further allow displaced air to escape as the tray is lowered into a close fitting carton. The indentations further provide grip access to enable easy removal of a tray from within a close fitting carton. Both sides of a tray are functional, such that a series of trays may be packed with bottles with the trays in top side up or bottom side up configurations. A stack of trays nest together when not in use, for compact storage. When configured to receive wine bottles, the tray accepts multiple bottle shapes therein with adequate protection to each bottle style. The tray includes depressable stop members, which may be removed or depressed out of the plane of the bottle, to provide a longer bottle receiving portion. Multiple bottle configurations are thereby accommodated.

Shipping protector for bottles or the like

A shipping protector for use along edges, corners or faces of shipped articles comprises a series of spaced lands with furrows therebetween. The furrows and lands define a herringbone type or otherwise angled pattern for preventing entry of articles into the rib regions. A banding saddle provides reinforcement in the region for receiving a banding strap and also assists the band in staying in position. The tactile surface of the protector assists in engaging with stretch or shrink wrap.

Shipping protector

A shipping protector for interposition between a shipping container and an object being shipped is provided with an interior layer of resilient plastic foam material which is self adherent to the pulp protector. The plastic foam material is vacuum formed into the interior of the pump base member and is conformed to the interior relief of the base member for resiliently receiving an object being shipped between pads of the base member.

An angle edge guard for interposition between the interior of a shipping container and the exterior of an object being shipped is formed of two molded pulp walls having first edges joined to dispose the walls in substantially 90.degree. relation when in place. The walls are indented at intervals up to a non-indented common ridge where the two walls join, leaving non-indented face ridges. The indentations form inwardly directed ribs defining therebetween a plurality of grooves including a deep corner groove in juxtaposition with the common ridge and side grooves in juxtaposition with the aforementioned face ridges and communicating with the corner groove.

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Corvallis, OR, United States of America

Richard D Hurley