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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 21, 1998
Charles W. Bishop, Litchfield, IL (US);
Carl E. Virta, Bedford, TX (US);
Alpine Engineered Products, Inc., Pompano Beach, FL (US);
Abstract
The invention is directed to a connector plate packaging system and method of packaging connector plates for storage and transport. Each connector plate has a planar base with a plurality of teeth extending from the front face thereof. The package comprises a tray and a plurality of connector plate pairs. Each connector plate of each pair is arranged tooth-to-tooth such that the teeth extend toward the other connector plate of the pair in a tooth-to-tooth arrangement. The connector plate pairs are arranged back-to-back such that the back face of one of the connector plates of one of the pairs is in parallel abutment with the back face of one of the connector plates of another pair. The plurality of connector plate pairs are disposed in a tray. In one aspect of the invention, the tray and plurality of connector plate pairs are enclosed in wrapping material. A bundle of connector plate packages is described having a plurality of connector plate packages arranged in a stack having multiple adjacent layers, each layer having a group of packages arranged in abutting relationship. In one aspect of the invention, the stack of connector plate packages is arranged on a support structure and enclosed in a bundle wrapping material. In another other aspects, the bundle includes cornerboards or end-caps adjacent the stack of connector plate packages for protection and stability.