Francis M Hagan

US Patent:

20080264825, Oct 30, 2008

Filed:

Apr 25, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/740022

Inventors:

Francis M. Hagan III - Glenshaw PA, US
Lawrence A. DePaolis - Gibsonia PA, US
John Leo Flick - Decatur IL, US
John P. Marshall - Oak Creek WI, US
Alexander S. Sobkin - Wexford PA, US

International Classification:

B65D 19/06
B65D 6/24
B65D 85/48
B65D 85/62

US Classification:

206597, 206451, 206454, 220600

Abstract:

A sheet shipping and storage container includes a base supporting a stack of glass sheets in a vertical orientation, and a pair of telescoping end caps mounted on each side of the stack in facing relationship to one another. A first endless strap has its course around the end caps to bias the end caps toward one another about the stack; a second endless strap has it course around back end of each end caps and the back side of the stack to bias the back surface of the stack and the end caps downward toward the front of the base, and a third endless strap around the opposite end of the end caps and the front side of the stack to bias the end caps and the front side of the stack downward toward back side of the base to unitize the plurality of sheets, end caps and base.