Abstract: A packaging means made of uniform material such as paperboard which is formed as an open-topped box-like structure constituted by hollow columns surrounding a main base portion and containing paper pipes which fit without play therein and render the box structure rigid and shock-proof. The main base portion may be provided as a double base, and may be backed by auxiliary boards to further strengthen the base portion and serve as supports to the box structure if required. An article to be packaged is held between or contained in one or more pairs of packaging means, which may be strapped together to constitute a single packaging unit, or may be inserted directly into a larger outside container for accommodation of one or a plurality of packaged articles.