Abstract: Disclosed in certain embodiments is a packaging system comprising a container (1) having an inner cavity; a product subject to degradation; a gas removing material (2); and a gas releasing material, wherein the gas releasing material is capable of liberating an effective amount of gas to replace at least a portion of the gas removed by the gas removing material in order to minimize buckling of the container.

Abstract: Multiple leg rope assemblies formed from a single rope. In one embodiment, the single rope is doubled into equal length legs lashed side-by-side forming a looped eye at one end of the assembly, the ends of the rope at the other end of the assembly being formed into a pair of adjacent eyes which together create a clevis for connecting the rope assembly to other rope assemblies or fixtures. In another embodiment, a single rope, the ends of which are spliced together end-for-end to form a continuous loop, is doubled into four equal length legs lashed side-by-side to provide, at each end of the assembly, a pair of adjacent looped eyes which together create a clevis for connecting the rope assembly to other rope assemblies or fixtures. Several rope fittings or fixtures for use with the rope assemblies are disclosed.