Abstract: A packing structure supports an article in a carton, especially a generally trapezoidal vehicle windshield, to be shipped in a corrugated craft carton. The article (possibly a windshield) is suspended by spacers, preferably made of integral die cut and folded blanks, that form resilient cradles along the elongated edge of the article. The carton can be rectilinear, having at each end two spaced side walls coupled by an end wall, generally forming an internal channel portion of the carton, with corners at junctions of the end wall and the side walls. A spacer is arranged to fit into this channel, so as to bear against the sidewalls and the end wall. The spacer defines an elongated substantially V-shaped fold between two V-wall panels. The edge of the article rests in a bottom of the V-shaped fold. The spacer also has two bearing legs that can be coextensive with the V-wall panels. These legs stand in the corners of the internal channel of the carton.

Abstract: A packing structure supports an article in a carton, especially a generally trapezoidal vehicle windshield, to be shipped in a corrugated craft carton. The article (possibly a windshield) is suspended by spacers, preferably made of integral die cut and folded blanks, that form resilient cradles along the elongated edge of the article. The carton can be rectilinear, having at each end two spaced side walls coupled by an end wall, generally forming an internal channel portion of the carton, with corners at junctions of the end wall and the side walls. A spacer is arranged to fit into this channel, so as to bear against the sidewalls and the end wall. The spacer defines an elongated substantially V-shaped fold between two V-wall panels. The edge of the article rests in a bottom of the V-shaped fold. The spacer also has two bearing legs that can be coextensive with the V-wall panels. These legs stand in the corners of the internal channel of the carton.

Abstract: A paperboard bumper is made from a die cut blank. Material is provided for two outer layers and two intermediate layers, the four layers overlying each other when the blank is collapsed flat. A first fold line extends longitudinally across the blank, and defines a folding and unfolding axis that corresponds to an outside corner of the bumper when erected. A tab is secured to each of the intermediate layers adjacent to a void in the blank. When folded flat the tabs are glued together and the void is collapsed. The intermediate layers are glued to the outer layers at opposing surfaces and form first and second walls when the blank is erected. Transverse fold lines extend on the walls, one positioned to either side of the tabs. A hollow chamber is formed between the transverse fold lines, extending along the walls, when the device is erected by unfolding it along the first fold line.