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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Ryan Anderson, Rochester, MN (US);
Benjamin Luedeman, Rochester, MN (US);
Justin Melby, Rochester, MN (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A top cap guard is provided. The top cap guard includes a sheet having opposed first edges and opposed second edges and defining first and second apertures along each of the first edges and each of the second edges, respectively, and first and second rigid members respectively disposable along one of the first and second edges, respectively. The top cap guard further includes first and second flaps. The first flaps are respectively attached to one of the first edges. Each first flap is configured to wrap around the corresponding first rigid member and includes first tongues respectively securable in corresponding ones of the first apertures. The second flaps are respectively attached to one of the second edges. Each second flap is configured to wrap around the corresponding second rigid member and includes second tongues respectively securable in corresponding ones of the second apertures.