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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8141708 | Container for glass products A container for transporting a plurality of curved glass sheets lined up side by side. The container includes a bottom structure, such as a pallet, a back wall extending upward from the bottom structure, a first side wall connected to a first end of the back wall an... | 03/27/2012 |
| 7870958 | Shipping insert for protecting a motor vehicle window panel and attached molding during shipping and handling A motor vehicle window panel or windshield has a lower edge portion with an attached extruded plastic molding having a downwardly projecting portion defining a cavity with an inlet gap for receiving a projecting fin on a cowl panel. A shipping insert of extruded sub... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7784613 | Reusable windshield pallet A fully collapsible pallet is provided with easily adjustable rear stops, lower rear stops, and side restraints. A telescoping member is provided to allow shipment of partial pallets of windshields. Extensions allow the pallet to be used with windshields of various ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7731028 | Shipping package system for fragile panels A product vulnerable to damage during shipping, such as an automobile windshield glass, for example, is mounted on a support pad and fixed onto the pad by wrapping a stretch wrapping film around the combination of the pad and glass. The borders of the pad extend bey... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7658285 | Article shipping and/or storage container and a shipping and/or storage container having articles 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 arou... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7533771 | Windshield packaging system using pressure-regulated clamps with synergistic clamp jaw components A windshield packaging system that provides effective support for the windshield during substantial vertical drops, protects the windshield against side impacts, is simple in design, requires only modest skill to effectively assemble, protects windshields of differe... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7441658 | Container for glass products A container for transporting a plurality of curved glass sheets lined up side by side. The container includes a bottom structure, such as a pallet, a back wall extending upward from the bottom structure, a first side wall connected to a first end of the back wall an... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7431158 | Flexible substrate storage equipment and flexible substrate storing method A flexible substrate storage equipment of the present invention includes at least a pair of opposed members that constitute an outer frame of a storage equipment main body, wherein the pair of opposed members are disposed so as to maintain a predetermined interval t... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7363777 | Closed cassette and method for heat treating glass sheets A convection compatible closed cassette and method are described herein where the closed cassette is used to heat treat (compact) one or more glass sheets in a uniform manner and in a clean environment. In the preferred embodiment, the closed cassette includes multi... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363772 | Thermal energy storage and cooling system with secondary refrigerant isolation Disclosed are a method and device for a refrigerant-based thermal storage system wherein a condensing unit and an ice-tank heat exchanger can be isolated through a second heat exchanger. The disclosed embodiments provide a refrigerant-based ice storage system with i... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7299923 | Container for glass parts and accessories A multi-part, multi-use container, having a larger, lower portion, particularly suitable for transporting large, relatively heavy items, such as vehicle glazings, and a smaller, upper portion particularly suitable for transporting accessories for use with vehicle gl... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7270236 | Reusable windshield pallet A fully collapsible pallet is provided with easily adjustable rear stops, lower rear stops, and side restraints. A telescoping member is provided to allow shipment of partial pallets of windshields. Extensions allow the pallet to be used with windshields of various ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7246705 | Shipping container and dunnage therefor Dunnage for supporting elongated products arranged in layers in storage or shipping containers comprises elongated plastic strips having openings for receiving the goods and also having reinforcing members extending along their undersides which are removably receive... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7188736 | Structure for racking substrates A structure for racking substrates includes first to fourth main legs isolated from one another at intervals wider than widths of both long sides and both short sides of a substrate, first to fourth protrusions respectively protruded from the first to fourth main le... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7159715 | Container with integrated pallet for shipping television screens A container for shipping screens for large screen television sets has a screen support platform with a top surface for supporting a plurality of the screens stacked thereon. A pallet is integrated with the screen support platform, and a tubular side wall having an o... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7131803 | Multilength tubular transporter A multilength tubular transporter is provided, comprising a base frame, including at least two main beams, wherein the main beams are connected by a plurality of cross members, a floor substantially covering the areas defined by the main beams and cross members; a p... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131617 | Modified spring system end cap for packaging fragile articles within shipping cartons Structures for a unitary spring system end cap include at least one rib formed on the outer wall of an end cap. The at least one rib can protrude from the outer wall, for example centered along the length of a spring system. Where a carton containing a product prote... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7090280 | Mounting system for accessories A readily removable accessory for a motorcycle or the like. The cycle has two pairs of docking points for the accessory, which is preferably a windshield and includes a pair of brackets with a pair of latching claws. Each bracket contains partial openings which are ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7080735 | Windshield packaging system using pressure-regulated clamps with synergistic clamp jaw components A windshield packaging system that provides effective support for the windshield during substantial vertical drops, protects the windshield against side impacts, is simple in design, requires only modest skill to effectively assemble, protects windshields of differe... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7059813 | Guide system for a glass rack stake A guide is attached to the top of a glass rack on a glass transporting vehicle. When attaching a brace to the rack, the top stake is engaged to the guide. The guide automatically directs the top stake into its corresponding spot. ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7014402 | Rotatable finger assembly A rotatable finger assembly including one or more fingers, supports or separators mounted for individual rotational movement from a first supporting or separating position to a second out-of-the-way position. A shaft provides an external longitudinal spline which is... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7001130 | Robotic rack loading apparatus and method Robotic rack loading apparatus and method include features and loading steps that provide essentially damage free rack loading of automotive panel assemblies into a specially designed rack. The rack includes dunnage elements containing sets of slots with lead-in upp... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6886692 | Windshield packaging system using corrugated box with horizontally-running flutes A windshield packaging system that provides effective support for the windshield during substantial vertical drops, protects the windshield against side impacts, is simple in design, requires only modest skill to effectively assemble, protects windshields of differe... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6789674 | Windshield packaging system using pressure-regulated clamps A windshield packaging system that provides effective support for the windshield during substantial vertical drops, protects the windshield against side impacts, is simple in design, requires only modest skill to effectively assemble, protects windshields of differe... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6752271 | Windshield packaging system using synergistic clamp jaw components A windshield packaging system that provides effective support for the windshield during substantial vertical drops, protects the windshield against side impacts, is simple in design, requires only modest skill to effectively assemble, protects windshields of differe... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6675969 | Packing box A packing box for receiving and packing a product (W1; W4) having at least one bent portion is erected from a single sideways-long rectangular base sheet (10; 110). The base sheet includes a plurality of folding lines and slits for initiating the folding ... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6550623 | Transportable part rack A rack for the transport of thin wall parts such as automotive body panels stampings has a steel frame with two parallel channels positioned on either side of a planar floor member. Each channel has a series of parallel slots which receive tabs extending ... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6527120 | Containers for packaging glass substrates Containers (19) are provided for packaging flexible substrates (13) such as the glass substrates used in the manufacture of liquid crystal displays. The containers include arc-shaped grooves (25) which apply an elastic strain to the substrates. The elasti... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6458440 | Spacer materials A spacer adapted, in use, to space materials, (for example sheets of glass) comprising a spacer element having on at least one face an adhesive wherein at least a portion of the edge of said adhesive carrying face is adhesive free. The spacer is fabricate... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6290064 | Collapsible shipping container having a walk-in base The invention relates to a collapsible container for shipping articles such as automotive transparencies, more particularly automotive windshields and in particular, to a base having a cut out portion. The cut out portion allows a person loading and/or un... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6220437 | Stack of spaced sheets This disclosure relates to the manufacture of lites (glass sheets) which have at least a pair of thin spacers applied thereto which maintain the lites in spaced relationship when stacked upon pallets, wrapped and shipped. The spacers are preferably only p... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6089382 | Precision holding system for a vehicle hood A precision holding system for a vehicle hood includes a frame extending vertically and at least one pair of arms spaced transversely and extending horizontally from the frame. Each arms includes a master control pin disposed within a portion of a vehicle... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5899332 | Spacer clip for handling sheet products A spacer clip allows sheet products such as panes of glass to be handled and transported. The upper part (2) of the spacer clip, which rests on at least one part of the edge face of a sheet product, is in contact with at least one other spacer clip positi... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5884778 | Folding window rack A folding rack (10) for holding glass panels, particularly automobile glass panels (93), includes a pair of horizontal, spaced-apart rails (20). Holders (60) for holding glass (93) are connected by hinges (40) to the ends of rails (20) by a horizontal hin... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5413216 | Shipping rack for vehicle sliding door upper trim frames A shipping rack is provided for storing and transporting vehicle sliding door upper trim frames which must be adequately supported to prevent movement thereof during shipment which movement could cause damage to finished surfaces. The vehicle sliding door... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5269422 | Windshield and protecting divider assembly A windshield divider and support assembly for supporting two or more motor vehicles windshields spaced apart in a container, as disclosed. The divider support assembly consists of two pairs of support spacer members which are formed of cardboard material,... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5145073 | Pallet for holding glass plates in standing posture A pallet having a base frame and an upright rear frame to stand glass plates, which may include curved glass plates, on the base frame against the rear frame is disclosed. To keep the glass plate in the rearmost position apart from the rear frame the pall... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5141114 | Material handling method and apparatus A method and apparatus for handling sheet metal stampings such as automotive body panels. A rack is disclosed in which a plurality of runner assemblies are positioned proximate the floor of the rack with each runner assembly including a galvanized steel b... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5094903 | Hanger for separating stored sheet material A hanger which includes two depending strips of resilient material interconnected at their upper margins by a flexible link which enables the hanger at its link to be placed over the upper marinal edge of a sheet of material with the strips straddling of ... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5086920 | Shipping container having curved divider panels The invention relates to a shipping container utilizing flexible divider panels each formed with one or more flaps attachable to a surrounding frame structure in a way to vary the panel curvature to accommodate variously contoured parts for shipping.... | 02/11/1992 |
