Two-wire carrier edge protector trim strip

Claim 1

A longitudinally extending two-wire carrier adapted to be formed into a U-shape including two relatively straight side portions and a base portion for use in an edge protector trim strip comprising: a continuous metallic serpentine support wire having oppositely facing first bights joined by first lengths of said wire extending transversely and spaced from one another longitudinally of said carrier, said oppositely facing first bights being spaced from one another a predetermined distance between parallel lines tangent to said first bights for defining the width of said support wire; a continuous metallic serpentine reinforcing wire having oppositely facing second bights joined by second lengths of wire extending transversely and spaced from one another longitudinally of said carrier, said oppositely facing second bights being spaced from one another a finite distance substantially less than said predetermined distance between parallel lines tangent to said second bights for defining the width of said reinforcing wire, the entire width of said reinforcing wire being selectively arranged in juxtaposed relation with no more than a portion of said support wire; and a plurality of strands of material extending longitudinally of said carrier and interwoven with said support and reinforcing wires to maintain the spaced relation of said first and second wire lengths thereof.