Adjustable coil protector

摘要

Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a reusable adjustable coil protector for a plurality of differently sized coils. The adjustable coil protector has an unassembled generally linear resting configuration and plurality of different assembled generally cylindrical configurations. The adjustable coil protector is formed and maintained in the generally linear unassembled configuration for storage and transport before and after use. The adjustable coil protector is bent and wrapped around itself, positioned, and securely locked in a user selected one of the plurality of different assembled generally cylindrical configurations prior to mounting the adjustable coil protector on a coil. The adjustable coil protector is configured to reduce inventory, shipping, and warehousing space needed for the adjustable coil protector because the adjustable coil protector can be used on a plurality of differently sized coils or the same size coils with different sized central openings.

主权项

1. An adjustable coil protector comprising:
a coil side wall engager configured to mate with a side wall of a coil, said coil side wall engager including a plurality of spaced apart coil side wall engaging arms that define a plurality of spaced apart notches; and a coil inner wall engager connected to the coil side wall engager and configured to mate with an inner wall of the coil that defines a central opening of the coil, the coil inner wall engager including:
(a) an elongated body having a first end section, a second end section, and an intermediate section between the first end section and the second end section, said second end section of the body including a plurality of surfaces extending inwardly from an outer edge of a perimeter of the second end section toward the intermediate section, the plurality of surfaces partially defining a plurality of voids in the second end section;(b) a plurality of locking tabs extending from an outer edge of a perimeter of the first end section of the body, wherein the locking tabs each have a shape corresponding to a shape of one of the plurality of voids; and(c) a plurality of locking tab engagers defined by said second end section of the body, each said locking tab engager configured to receive and interlock with one of the locking tabs, wherein said coil inner wall engager is bendable from an unassembled position in which the locking tabs are not interlocked with the locking tab engagers to one of a plurality of different assembled positions in which the locking tabs interlock with a plurality of the locking tab engagers.