Packaging clip

Abstract

A packaging clip having an end tab that aids in the quick removal of the packaging clip from an end board without damaging either the clip or the end board. The packaging clip can be placed to receive a single end board or to receive adjoining end boards. Each packaging clip is capable of gripping the end board received therein in the event that the fit is too loose. Packaging clips are used for receiving and stabilizing the placement of multiple end boards on a pallet and for the alignment of the ends boards with each other.

1 . A packaging clip comprising:
 a U-shaped receiving channel formed by a pair of receiving members connected to a middle support having a first and second end edge, and said receiving channel being adapted to receive therebetween a packaging end board,   a downwardly protruding end tab at said first and second end edges of said middle support,   said downwardly end tabs protruding in a direction away from said middle support of said receiving channel.   
   
   
       2 . The clip of  claim 1  wherein said end tabs extend a width of said end edges of said middle support. 
   
   
       3 . The clip of  claim 1  wherein said end tabs extend downwardly a distance equal to a thickness of said middle support. 
   
   
       4 . In a U-shaped packaging clip formed by a pair of receiving members connected to a middle support having first and second end edges defining a receiving channel adapted to receive and removably hold a packaging end board, wherein the improvement comprises:
 a set of end tabs formed from said end edges of said middle support, said end tabs protruding downwardly from said middle support in direction opposite of said receiving channel.   
   
   
       5 . A packaging clip for maintaining and supporting a plurality of upstanding end boards of industrial rolls for packaging on a pallet, comprising:
 a pair of receiving members connected to a middle support having a first and second end edge, defining a U-shaped receiving channel,   said receiving channel being adapted to receive and removably hold a packaging end board,   a set of downwardly protruding end tabs formed from said first and second end edges of said middle support,   said end tabs protruding in an opposite direction of said receiving channel,   wherein said end tabs provide a space between said packaging clip and said end board in which to engage a wedging tool between said packaging clip and said end board to pry said packaging clip free from to said end board.