US 11,718,459 B1
Flat interlocking wrap for complex shapes
Michael Steven Hunt, Jr., Columbiana, AL (US); and Lee James Clayton, Columbiana, AL (US)
Assigned to TredWear LLC, Shelby, AL (US)
Filed by TredWear LLC, Shelby, AL (US)
Filed on Sep. 2, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/010,623.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/922,856, filed on Sep. 3, 2019.
Int. Cl. B65D 65/06 (2006.01); B25G 1/10 (2006.01); B62K 21/26 (2006.01); A63B 60/14 (2015.01)
CPC B65D 65/06 (2013.01) [B25G 1/10 (2013.01); A63B 60/14 (2015.10); B62K 21/26 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An interlocking wrap for covering an outer surface of an object, comprising:
a one-piece unitary flexible panel, the panel including
a spine having a width and a longitudinally extending linear central axis,
a first tab and a third tab extending from the spine in a first laterally outward direction, wherein the first tab includes a first edge having a first end intersecting the spine and an opposite second end at a distal end of the first tab, at least a portion of the first edge extending at a non-right angle relative to the central axis, wherein the third tab is longitudinally spaced apart from the first tab and includes a first edge having a first end intersecting the spine and an opposite second end at a distal end of the third tab, at least a portion of the first edge of the third tab extending at a non-right angle relative to the central axis, the first edge of the first tab extending parallel to the fist edge of the third tab, and
a second tab and a fourth tab extending from the spine in a second laterally outward direction relative to the central axis, wherein the second direction is opposite the first direction, the second and fourth tabs being longitudinally spaced apart from one another having a gap therebetween,
wherein the distal end of the first tab is longitudinally offset from the second and fourth tabs such that the distal end of the first tab is transversely aligned with the gap between the second and fourth tabs.