Packaging protector

Abstract

A packaging protector comprising a piece of sheet material protecting the package and having an inner surface ( 1 ) designed to be placed against the package, an outer surface ( 2 ) opposite to the inner surface and a sticker surface ( 3 ) for attaching the package protector to the surface of the package to be protected. According to the invention, the piece of sheet material comprises a recess ( 4 ) in which the sticker surface is placed at a distance from the plane defined by the inner surface towards the outer surface so that the sticker surface can be pressed onto the surface of the package by pressing on the outer surface in the area of the sticker surface.

1 . Package protector, comprising a piece of sheet material protecting the package and having an inner surface ( 1 ) designed to be placed against the package, an outer surface ( 2 ) opposite to the inner surface and a sticker surface ( 3 ) for attaching the package protector to the surface of the package to be protected, wherein the piece of sheet material comprises a recess ( 4 ) in which the sticker surface is placed at a distance from the plane defined by the inner surface towards the outer surface so that the sticker surface can be pressed onto the surface of the package by pressing on the outer surface in the area of the sticker surface.  
     
     
         2 . Package protector according to  claim 1 , wherein the recess ( 4 ) is a depression ( 5 ) formed in the sheet material.  
     
     
         3 . Package protector according to  claim 1 , wherein the sticker surface ( 3 ) is a glue layer formed on the inner surface.  
     
     
         4 . Package protector according to  claim 1 , wherein the recess ( 4 ) is a hole ( 6 ) formed in the sheet material.  
     
     
         5 . Package protector according to  claim 4 , wherein the sticker surface ( 3 ) is an elastic sticker film ( 7 ) attached to the outer surface ( 2 ) of the sheet material and covering the hole.  
     
     
         6 . Package protector according to  claim 1 , wherein the package protector is made from multi-layer cardboard, a hole being only made in the inner cardboard layers ( 8 ) while the sticker surface is placed at the bottom of the hole.  
     
     
         7 . Package protector according to  claim 6 , wherein the outer cardboard layers in the edge areas around the hole are provided with material weakenings, piercings or perforations allowing the outer cardboard layers to be partly or completely detached when depressed into the hole made in the inner cardboard layers.  
     
     
         8 . Package protector according to  claim 1 , wherein the piece of sheet material consists of a straight, flat and elongated strip.  
     
     
         9 . Package protector according to  claim 1 , wherein the piece of sheet material consists of flat plate.  
     
     
         10 . Package protector according to  claim 1 , wherein the piece of sheet material consists of an elongated profile comprising two flanges at an angle to each other, at least one of which is provided with a sticker surface placed on the side of the inner surface.  
     
     
         11 . Package protector according to  claim 1 , wherein the piece of sheet material consists of a U-profile comprising two substantially parallel and opposite side flanges ( 12 ) provided with sticker surfaces ( 3 ) and a back ( 13 ) connecting the side flanges.  
     
     
         12 . Package protector according to  claim 11 , wherein the back ( 13 ) of the U-profile comprises a folding portion ( 14 ) extending in the longitudinal direction of the profile and designed to permit the side flanges to be turned further away from each other so as to allow the package protectors to be more easily mounted and stored one over the other.  
     
     
         13 . Package protector according to  claim 12 , wherein the folding portion consists of a groove or cut ( 15 ) extending through a significant part of the thickness of the back.  
     
     
         14 . Package protector according to  claim 12 , wherein the folding portion consists of an elastic film or layer ( 16 ) connecting the two profile halves by the outer surface of the back to each other.