Web corner protector

Claim 1

A web corner protector for protecting corners of articles from web straps and the like during handling comprising: a. an angularly shaped one piece member of synthetic resin having two interconnected right angular planar portions with inner surfaces adapted to engage surfaces of an article adjacent a corner thereof, said planar portions being wider than a web to be received thereby; b. said planar portions each having outwardly offset portions at the inter-connection of the planar portions whereby when the planar portions are engaged with article surfaces adjacent the corner, said offset portions and corner formed thereby are spaced from the corner of the article; c. outwardly inclined flanges on terminal portions of said planar portions, inner surfaces of said flanges being in a plane making an obtuse angle with the plane of the respectively planar portion, said planar portions and flanges being of substantially uniform thickness; d. elongate apertures in said flange portions with an inner edge spaced from the planar portion and aligned with the offset portion of the respective planar portion, said aperture being of suitable size to pass a strip of webbing whereby the planar portions and offset portions thereof are between the web and an article engaged by the planar portions; e. each flange having a slit extending laterally from the respective aperture therein to a side thereof, the slit in one flange extending from the respective aperture outwardly to one side of said member and the slit of the other flange extending outwardly from the respective aperture to the opposite side of said member whereby a flange portion outwardly of the respective slit is movable to provide an opening permitting a web to pass into the respective aperture and the protector applied to a web intermediate the ends thereof.