Abstract: The present invention relates to packages for peripheral devices such as memory media and input/output (I/O) devices. The package comprises a top cover and a bottom cover secured to a frame. The covers are secured to the frame through a locking mechanism wherein hooks on the covers lock with and conform around latches on the frame. Methods of making and assembling the package are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for constructing block-shaped units of corrugated sheet material that are easily banded because of the absence of any irregularities in the units, and the units are as close to being cube-shaped as is possible for a given set of parameters. The automated stacking system comprises a computer programmed to determine a set of solutions to optimize a unit by determining an optimal number of corrugated sheets per bundle, and an optimal number of bundles per tier, and an optimal number of tiers per unit based upon customer order parameters. The system is initially set up with machine parameters defining machine constraints and a set of algorithm parameters which comprise desirability weighting factors. The desirability weighting factors allow a customer to customize the system according to preferred operating criteria.