A product packaging includes a box blank having panels, flaps, creases, and cuts. An intersection of multiple creases and a cut defines an unfolded corner of the box blank. The product packaging also includes a corner protector attachable to the box blank adjacent to the unfolded corner. The corner protector includes a primary panel, a first leg panel, and a second leg panel that are arranged in a non-linear configuration. A packaging system includes a conveyor system with a gap therein, a corner protector placement mechanism for placing corner protectors on the box blank, and a transfer mechanism for positioning to-be-packaged item on the box blank. The gap allows for the box blank and to-be-packaged item to pass at least partially therethrough and facilitates folding of the box blank at least partially around the to-be-packaged item.

Provided is a tip indicator that enables reduced manufacturing costs with a simple configuration, can be made lighter in weight, and is capable of detecting tipping over of a packaging box and the like. This tip indicator is fixed to a packaging box and is equipped with a main body that has a passage section and a moving object. The passage section has a first holding part and a second holding part. The moving object is held by the first holding part when the main body is in an initial position, and the moving object moves through the passage section and is held by the second holding part when the main body has returned to the initial position after having been turned by 90 degrees in a first direction and then by 90 degrees in a second direction, that is, a direction opposite to the first direction.

An example packaging component according to the present invention includes a first compressible portion and a second compressible portion. The first portion is configured to be compressed onto a first side of a component to conform to a surface geometry of the component, and the second portion configured to be compressed onto a second side of a component opposite the first side to conform to the surface geometry of the component. The first and second portions are configured to be bonded to one another in a bonded region without bonding to the component. An example packaged component and method of packaging a component are also disclosed.

A foam packaging assembly for protecting an article includes one or more pads including at least one corner pad and at least one side pad disposed between the corner pads, a packaging container configured to receive the article or an inner box storing the article, and a configurator determining one or more dimensions of the container based on at least one input variable of the article or the inner box. The configurator further determines a number of the pads for placement inside the container such that the article with the pads is protected during storage or transport. Further, the foam packaging assembly includes at least one insert board configured for placement over the article inside the container, and the configurator determines one or more dimensions of the insert board when the insert board is selected to be disposed inside the container.

A method of using a corner board protector to protect a corner on a palletized stack of containers. The method includes the steps of forming a one piece, corner board locator having a connection portion and an insert portion, and the corner board locator having an opening formed therethrough. Positioning the insert portion between two vertically aligned containers of the palletized stack of containers. Forming a corner board having two angled panels and a length. Inserting the two angled panels through the opening formed in the corner board locator to retain the corner board at a select height relative to the palletized stack of containers.

A method of using a corner board protector including the steps of positioning a one piece, corner board locator having a connection portion, having an angled slot formed therein, and an insert portion, having a single continuous planar exterior edge with a tip, on a corner board having two angled panels. The two angled panels engage with the angled slot to retain the corner board locator at a select height along the corner board. The corner board and the corner board locator are positioned adjacent to a stack of at least two vertically consecutive containers. The tip of the single continuous planar exterior edge is slid between two of the at least two vertically consecutive containers to form a corner board protector.

The disclosure describes various stackable corner protector configurations. The corner protectors can have curved lateral surfaces that allow the corner protectors to be decoupled from a photovoltaic module to which they are coupled to by rotating one end of the corner protectors away from the object. This removal process works even more efficiently with multiple stacked corner protectors as the stacked corner protectors can be concurrently removed from the object by rotating the stacked corner protectors away from the object together. The corner protector can also include one or more attachment features for securing the corner protector to the object. For example, when the corner protector is installed on a photovoltaic module, the attachment feature can engage a lip defined by a recess or channel of the photovoltaic module.

The disclosure describes various stackable corner protector configurations. The corner protectors can have curved lateral surfaces that allow the corner protectors to be decoupled from a photovoltaic module to which they are coupled to by rotating one end of the corner protectors away from the object. This removal process works even more efficiently with multiple stacked corner protectors as the stacked corner protectors can be concurrently removed from the object by rotating the stacked corner protectors away from the object together. The corner protector can also include one or more attachment features for securing the corner protector to the object. For example, when the corner protector is installed on a photovoltaic module, the attachment feature can engage a lip defined by a recess or channel of the photovoltaic module.

The invention relates to an edge fitting (1) for protecting and supporting an outer edge of a cargo casing. The edge fitting (1) has a body comprising a base plate (3) with a first surface (4) facing said cargo casing in a mounted state of the edge fitting (1) and an opposite second surface facing away from the cargo casing in said mounted state. The body further comprises a border profile (6) extending perpendicularly or at least substantially perpendicularly to the base plate (3) and configured to extend along at least a part of said outer edge in said mounted state. A securing member (7) is arranged at said second surface projecting therefrom and configured to removably secure said body to a pallet (8) supporting said cargo casing or a lid resting on it by friction to an inner surface of an opening (10) of said pallet (8) or lid after introduced therein.

Planar structure from a plurality of folding portions

A planar structure from a plurality of folding portions which are interconnected by way of integral hinges and which are erectable to a functional position so as to form a three-dimensional body, wherein fixing means are provided for mutually fixing the folding portions in the erected functional position, is known.

According to the invention, the folding portions are of triangular design in such a manner that the folding portions are erectable to form a supporting corner in the form of a triangular pyramid.

Employment in the cargo space of passenger motor vehicles.