George L Noey

US Patent:

7431547, Oct 7, 2008

Filed:

May 18, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/131984

Inventors:

James R. Geary - Cochranton PA, US
George L. Noey - Harmonsburg PA, US
Darrell K. Jewell - Portersville PA, US
Timothy R. Leone - Meadville PA, US
George J. McElhinny - Cambridge Springs PA, US
Aleksandr S. Sobkin - Wexford PA, US

Assignee:

PPG Industries Ohio, Inc. - Cleveland OH

International Classification:

B60P 7/08

US Classification:

410 41, 410 35, 410 99, 410155

Abstract:

A restraint, e. g. a corner restraint for packaging flat glass sheets, includes a first leg and a second leg joined at a vertex. Each of the legs have an outer surface having a first strap engaging position spaced from the vertex and a second strap engaging position at the vertex. The height of the first strap engaging position measure from an intermediate portion of the second surface between the first and second positions is greater than the height of the second strap engaging position. With this arrangement, the biasing force applied by a banding strap to the corner restraint reduces the biasing force applied to the vertex to reduce damage to corners of the flat glass sheets.

US Patent:

20020094429, Jul 18, 2002

Filed:

Sep 19, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/955777

Inventors:

James Geary - Cochranton PA, US
George Noey - Harmonsburg PA, US

International Classification:

B32B003/26
B32B003/00
B32B009/00
B32B027/00

US Classification:

428/304400, 428/313500, 428/316600, 428/318400, 428/319300

Abstract:

A restraint for packaging glass sheets includes a first leg and a second leg, each leg having an inner surface configured to contact at least a portion of the glass sheets and an outer surface. The first and second legs define a vertex. The inner surfaces are made at least partly of a compressible material and the outer surfaces are made at least partly of a material having a hardness greater than that of the compressible material.