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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2005
Filed:
May. 17, 2004
Paul G. Bordner, Pickerington, OH (US);
Bret D. Bordner, Groveport, OH (US);
Jeffrey G. Kellermann, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Paul G. Bordner, Pickerington, OH (US);
Bret D. Bordner, Groveport, OH (US);
Jeffrey G. Kellermann, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
ITW Fleetwood-Signode, Addison, IL (US);
Abstract
A protector for sheet metal coil is formed of plastic with a flange and sleeve which are joined together at a ridge portion. The protectors incorporate symmetrically disposed groupings of stacking features or components which include a finger within a stacking access opening, a stacking tab, and a stacking opening. The fingers are employed to resiliently engage the inner surface of a core of a coil and incorporate a receiver surface for freely abuttable engagement with a stacking tab of a second protector when arranged in mutual stacking relationship. The stacking openings function for stacking purposes to receive the protruding finger of a next stack protector.