US 12,145,787 B2
Expandable foam corner protector
Samantha Fisher, Hickory, NC (US)
Assigned to HICKORY SPRINGS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Hickory, NC (US)
Filed by Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company, Hickory, NC (US)
Filed on Apr. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/131,051.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/327,473, filed on Apr. 5, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0312215 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 81/05 (2006.01); B29C 48/00 (2019.01); B29C 48/12 (2019.01); B65B 55/00 (2006.01); B29K 105/04 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 81/057 (2013.01) [B29C 48/0022 (2019.02); B29C 48/12 (2019.02); B65B 55/00 (2013.01); B29K 2105/04 (2013.01); B29L 2031/003 (2013.01); B65D 2581/055 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An expandable foam corner protector, comprising:
(i) a first L-shaped bracketing portion;
(ii) a second L-shaped bracketing portion; and
(iii) an interior channel portion including a plurality of arc-shaped cuts extending through a thickness in a Z-direction of the interior channel portion, and wherein at least a portion of the arc-shaped cuts are aligned along a X-direction and are free to expand to form expanded openings along a Y-direction in response to an external force applied to the interior channel portion along the Y-direction;
wherein the interior channel portion is positioned between the first L-shaped bracketing portion and the second L-shaped bracketing portion, wherein the interior channel portion is configured to define a generally right angle configured to overlie a corner of an inanimate object, and wherein the first L-shaped bracketing portion, the second L-shaped bracketing portion, and the interior portion define a U-shaped channel including the generally right angle of the interior channel portion.