Abstract: A watertight package disposed about one or more articles in such a manner that the package can be easily handled by conventional article handling equipment. The package includes a first thermoplastic sheet attached to a pair of disposable support members and on which one or more articles are placed and thereafter a second thermoplastic sheet is draped over the articles and sealed to the first sheet while such sheets are shrunk into intimate engagement with the articles.

Abstract: Apparatus for forming a watertight package about one or more articles in such a manner that the package can be easily handled by conventional article handling equipment. The apparatus includes an intermittently operated conveyor means having a plurality of spaced stations at which a palletized package is automatically assembled and covered with a waterproof thermoplastic material which is heat sealed and caused to shrink into intimate engagement with the articles being packaged.