Spacer means for packaging of mirrors and the like

Claim 1

MEANS FOR USE IN THE PACKAGING OF FRANGIBLE OBJECTS SUCH AS MIRRORS AND GLASS WHEREBY THE OBJECTS WILL BE PROTECTED AGAINST BREAKAGE WHEN PACKAGES CONTAINING THE OBJECTS ARE SUBJECTED TO IMPACT, SAID MEANS COMPRISING A BODY STRUCTURE FORMED OF PLASTIC MATERIAL, SAID BODY STRUCTURE INCLUDING SIDE WALLS EXTENDING COMPLETELY AROUND THE STRUCTURE, AN INNER END WALL, AND AN OUTER END WALL, AT LEAST TWO SLOTS DEFINED BY SAID SIDE WALL, SAID SLOTS BEING SITUATED IN OPPOSED RELATIONSHIP AND EXTENDING FROM SAID INNER END WALL TO A POINT INTERMEDIATE THE LENGTH OF THE BODY STRUCTURE, AND WHEREIN THE END WALLS OF SAID BODY STRUCTURE ARE EACH RELIEVED BY A PLURALITY OF OPENINGS EXTENDING INWARDLY OF THE BODY STRUCTURE FROM THE RESPECTIVE END WALLS, THE OPENINGS IN THE RESPECTIVE END WALLS BEING SEPARATED BY WEB MEANS, SAID BODY STRUCTURE HAVING A SUBSTANTIAL THICKNESS IN ALL CROSS-SECTIONAL DIRECTIONS WHEREBY THE BODY STRUCTURE CAN BE SECURED TO AN EDGE PORTION OF ONE OF SAID OBJECTS WITH THE OBJECT BEING HELD IN SPACED APART SUBSTANTIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO THE WALLS OF THE PACKAGE CONTAINING THE OBJECT.