Corner pad

Claim 1

A blank made from foldable paperboard or similar sheet-like material adapted to be erected into a corner pad for use in cushioning the corners of a container, said blank comprising: a substantially rectangular sheet of said material having parallel top and bottom edges and opposed parallel lateral edges perpendicular to said top and bottom edges; a first fold line extending from said top to said bottom edge near the center of said sheet; said first fold line formed with interruptions, said interruptions comprising spacer tabs defined by three-sided rectangular line cuts extending in both directions away from said first fold line; said blank having a pair of parallel, closely spaced hinge lines located at equal distances on each side of said first fold line thereby defining a pair of inner pad panels, one on each side of said first fold line; said pairs of hinge lines arranged vertically and each said pair defining a narrow intermediate panel extending between each of the hinge lines in each of said pairs of hinge lines; and an outer pad panel at each lateral edge of said blank, said outer pad panels defined by the lateral edges of said blank and the respective adjacent pair of hinge lines, said blank thereby having four large panels and two narrow intermediate spacer panels.