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(11) EP 0 573 181 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
28.12.1994 Bulletin 1994/52

(43) Date of publication A2:
08.12.1993 Bulletin 1993/49

(21) Application number: 93303926.5

(22) Date of filing: 20.05.1993
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5B65D 59/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 27.05.1992 GB 9211224

(71) Applicant: GLAZPART LTD
Banbury, Oxon, OX16 7XR (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • Howe, Nicholas John
    Brackley, Northants, NN13 5JA (GB)
  • Rhodes, David
    Upper Wardington, banbury, Oxon OX17 1SP (GB)

(74) Representative: Allard, Susan Joyce et al
BOULT, WADE & TENNANT 27 Furnival Street
London EC4A 1PQ
London EC4A 1PQ (GB)


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    (54) A corner protection device


    (57) A panel unit corner projection device (2) for use in protecting a corner of a panel unit in transit, the device being made of a resilient plastics material and comprising two limbs (3, 4) which form a generally L-shaped device, each limb (3, 4) of the L-shape having at least one primary locking clip (8, 9) formed integrally therewith adapted for releasable connection to complementary features provided on a panel unit, each clip (8, 9) having associated therewith a secondary locking wedge (10, 11) which, in use, is adapted to lock the primary locking clip (3, 4) into position on the panel unit (2).







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