A protector for sheet metal coil is formed of plastic with a flange and
sleeve which are joined together at a ridge portion. The protectors
incorporate symmetrically disposed groupings of stacking features or
components which include a finger within a stacking access opening, a
stacking tab, and a stacking opening. The fingers are employed to
resiliently engage the inner surface of a core of a coil and incorporate a
receiver surface for freely abuttable engagement with a stacking tab of a
second protector when arranged in mutual stacking relationship. The
stacking openings function for stacking purposes to receive the protruding
finger of a next stack protector.
