Abstract: A collapsible and reusable container for liquid and granular materials which has a cage and a generally cubical bag of a flexible material which collapses when empty. The cage has a bottom which supports the filled bag and upstanding side walls surrounding the bag which can be collapsed when the bag is empty to overlie the bottom of the cage to provide a compact package for storage and shipment prior to refilling and reuse of the container.

Abstract: A collapsible container having a rigid construction including a base and upstanding sides which can be disassembled and stacked upon the base for storage. The base is provided with a generally flat supporting surface with a plurality of legs with mortises arranged to extend downward from the planar base support surface to receive and lock tenons attached to upstanding sides. The plurality of legs are spaced about the periphery of the base so that a container in either an assembled or collapsed position may be easily supported by a forklift or other such material-handling unit. Upstanding sides with tenons inserted into mortise elements of the unit are held in substantially erect position with the edges of the upstanding sides having tongue and groove connectors. Two of the sides are provided with grooves at the edges with the other two sides providing tongue elements at the edges and receivable into the grooves to provide a rigid and positive corner construction.

Abstract: A shipping tray assembly for use in shipping an article having casters whereby a section of the tray assembly can be removed so that the article may be rolled out of the tray on its casters.

Abstract: This folding packaging case or box of parallelipipedic configuration comprises a bottom, a front panel, a back panel and two lateral panels, and a folding lid, the various panel elements being hingedly interconnected by flexible joints. The bottom comprises at least one joint through which it is hingedly connected to one of the lateral panels, and a peripheral ledge engageable by the peripheral panels so as to lock the peripheral panels in position and thus permit the assembling of the case into a rigid structure.

Abstract: A collapsible shipping container having a base structure provided with upstanding wall catches capable of being received in structurally interfitting relation within respective pockets defined within side walls thereof. A cover structure is provided with depending wall catches which are received within respective upwardly directed pockets of the side walls, thus securing the base structure to the side walls and the cover to the side walls. The cover structure is also provided with shipping catches which are received within shipping catch slots or openings defined within the base structure in the collapsed condition of the shipping container. In this condition the walls are stacked on the base structure and are restrained by the shipping catches and wall catches to secure the walls within the collapsed shipping container for shipping and handling in the collapsed condition thereof.

Abstract: A container construction is provided having an erected configuration and a storage configuration. The container construction comprises a pallet, a sidewall structure, a divider and a lid. These elements may be erected into a container construction or disassembled from an erected container construction and formed into storage packs. The divider extends between oppositely disposed sidewall members. A reinforcing clip is provided at each upper juncture of the divider and sidewall structure.

Abstract: A reusable plastic base serves as a pallet which may be lifted by the forks of a forklift truck. A sleeve is removably attached to the base and forms the sidewalls of the container. In the preferred embodiment, the sleeve is made of corrugated material having slots formed along its lower edge. The slots are adapted to coact with latch members slidably mounted in the base to releasably secure the pallet to the sleeve. The base is preferably designed with a peripheral groove lying substantially at floor level to receive the edge of the sleeve. Compressive loads applied to the container are transferred to the sleeve directly to the floor, thereby minimizing deformation of peripheral portions of the base.

Abstract: A package assembly includes a pallet, an outer shell supported on the pallet, and a plurality of inner cells disposed within the outer shell. A plurality of package elements are utilized to separate and support a stack of video glass funnel parts within each inner cell. The upper pyramidal surface of a package element has step means formed therein for receiving and supporting the edge of a larger end of a glass funnel part, while a lower surface of the pyramidal element is configured to receive and mate with upper surfaces of the contoured sides of a glass funnel part. Stiffening support posts may be disposed in the corners of the inner cells. A cover has a top panel and downwardly depending side walls which extend around the upper edges of the sides of the outer shell.

Abstract: A pallet and container combination of the type wherein the container is formed from a one-piece corrugated paperboard blank and is attached to the pallet. The container is collapsible and lies flat against the pallet in the knocked down configuration. The container is of the flanged tube type with at least one end of the container, being its bottom end, provided with foldable end flaps, each end flap extending from a respective side wall of the container and joined thereto by a fold defining score line. One of the bottom end flaps, termed a fixing flap, is provided with two score lines defining two fold axes and is stapled to the upper surface of the pallet. After erecting the knocked down container, the remaining three bottom flaps are then likewise stapled to the pallet. The container bottom is partially open. The container is storable in either one of two collapsed configurations, corresponding to the two score lines of the fixing flap.

Abstract: Large, heavy manufactured goods, assemblies or articles are packaged for storage and transport in a skeletal frame formed of structural foam material such as high density polyethylene. Cross brace and cross brace mounting members extend between peripheral members of the skeletal frame that is otherwise free of interconnecting side wall web material. The cross brace mounting members support the article spaced within the frame while they distribute the weight of the supported article to the peripheral members. Fasteners such as bolts and bands can secure an assembly or article to the cross brace mounting members of a shipping frame. Upper and lower skeleton halves can include integral leg members, or the leg members can be separate parts to be assembled to the skeleton halves. Separate leg members facilitate transporting the shipping frame flat with the skeleton halves nested on one another.

Abstract: A twin sheet pallet comprising a lower sheet having a substantially continuous downwardly opening U-shaped groove extending around its periphery for stacking receipt of the upper edge portion of the sleeve of a lower container, and an upper sheet having a substantially continuous upwardly opening U-shaped groove extending around its periphery for stacking receipt of an upper container sleeve which at least portions of the peripheral undersurface of the upper sheet underlying the upwardly opening groove bonded to at least portions of the peripheral upper surface of the lower sheet overlying the downwardly opening groove to form a unitary twin sheet pallet. The upwardly opening groove in the upper sheet is stepped upwardly at circumferentially spaced locations about that groove and an opening is provided in the outer wall of the upper sheet in alignment with each upward step to allow passage of the forks of a forklift truck.

Abstract: A returnable skid for coiled products employs separator posts that are storable within other components. The same assembly that mounts the posts during use also cooperates with the corresponding assembly of a like skid to interengage them in stacked condition. Both of these features facilitate transport of the empty skids. The construction provided minimizes the amount of extraneous packaging materials that are required to maintain the coils of product in place on the skid and to properly protect them, and the coils can be disposed either standing upright or lying flat on the skid.

Abstract: A collapsible container comprises side panels which are interconnected at their side edges by end panels. The side and end panels form a container space which can be positioned on top of a pallet. A bottom length flap extends from a lower edge of each side panel. One of the length flaps is intended to be secured to the top surface of a pallet. The other length flap is flanked by bottom width flaps which are each connected to a lower edge of one of the end panels. Each panel and flap is interconnected along a score line. Each end panel has a central vertical score line between score lines connecting the end panel to the adjacent side panels which extends from its upper edge down through a connected bottom width flap so as to divide each width flap into halves. One half of each width flap also includes a diagonal score line which extends from the adjacent side panel down to meet with the central score line dividing the width panel in half.

Abstract: A module packing system for packing and transporting goods especially work shop machines is built from standard details and includes bottom beams (1), vertical beams (2), horizontal side and/or upper beams (3), stays (10) and whole-threaded screws (5) with belonging nuts (9). The vertical and longitudinal dimensions of the module packing system can now be adjusted to accommodate the form of the goods intended to be packed. The invention is adjustable in a transverse direction by spacing bottom beams (1) on lower supporting means. Bottom beams (1) are mounted to bottom blocks (12), which include a bottom plate (13). On these plates (13) bits (15) of square tube are, for example, welded parallel to each other and with the bottom beams (1). These bits (15) are provided with holes (20) extending perpendicular to the bottom beams (1). The interspaces (19) between the bits (15) are adapted so that the bottom beams (1) can be brought into the spaces (19) to be attached at the bottom blocks (12) in desired positions.

Abstract: A container for shipping and display of items within the container which consists of a rectangular box of sheet material having a sleeve with an open upper and lower end forming four side walls. A bottom having a lip receives the sleeve. Individual containers are positioned within the lower half of the larger container and are separated from the upper which is filled with a plurality of small articles. A cover and a brace designed to replace the cartons are also provided.

Abstract: Aliquot segments of a product transport pallet are maintained assembled to form a pallet assembly of a standard size by rigid members and metallic bands, by mutual interengagement of abutting portions of the segments or by rigid members and clips to enable the segments and a divisible cargo of products contained on the pallet to be readily separated or split into segments for ease of transport and/or display at a point of storage or sale.

Abstract: Pallet container unit for flowable substances, the container unit having a top and bottom, being arranged to rest via its bottom on a pallet, and being composed of: an inner container made of plastic and having a plurality of side walls and a bottom wall; and a supporting frame enclosing the inner container, the inner container having a drain fitting in one side wall in the vicinity of the bottom wall. The frame is in close contact with the inner container and is composed of a grating defining side walls of the frame and two tubular rims connected, respectively, to the grating at the top and bottom of the unit. The bottom wall of the container is arranged to rest on the pallet and the container has a curved bottom edge joining the bottom wall to the side walls. The unit further includes elements for engaging the rim at the bottom of the unit for securing the supporting frame to the pallet.

Abstract: A collapsible container for suspended freight, especially for conveying garments by air, the walls and roof being of rigid waterproof panels supported upon a standard floor pallet. In the preferred case, the roof slides on rollers over two opposite side walls and is provided with parallel horizontal bars rigidly attached to its inner surface for the suspension of the garments. The weight carried by the side walls is distributed over the floor pallet by supporting the side walls on a weight distributing framework. The component panels may be separated for return flights and stacked horizontally to save space.

Abstract: A container is formed of a rigid, flat base, a rigid cover, and four vertically arranged, flat wall forming panels that are connected together along their adjacent vertical edges by hinge-like corner connectors and whose upper and lower edges are removably held in corresponding grooves formed in the base and cover. The panels are made of plastic extruded into parallel, spaced apart rigid sheets that are interconnected by numerous, spaced apart, transverse strips whose opposite ends are integral with the sheets. Each corner has a flat, sheet-like base strip that is integrally formed with a flexible center and rigid opposite edge sections that extend along the length of the connector base. Each of the opposite edge sections has an integral T-shaped rib extending along its length. The ribs are inserted endwise into elongated vertical slots formed in the endmost strips of the adjacent panel edges for fastening the connectors to the panels.

Abstract: A container construction is provided having an erected configuration and a storage configuration. The container construction comprises a pallet, a sidewall structure, a divider and a lid. These elements may be erected into a container construction or disassembled from an erected container construction and formed into storage packs.

Abstract: A transporting apparatus comprises a bottomless container case, a removable railing bottom plate, and a removable railing rack. Goods are piled on the railing rack in a size according to the size of the bottomless container case. Quick and automatic connection means are provided therebetween both the removable railing bottom plate and the open end of the bottomless container case for quickly and automatically connect the former to the latter. When the bottomless container case is put to cover the goods on the railing rack and the railing bottom plate is inserted into the bottomless container case through a slot on the lowest sidewall of the container case, entire goods will be transferred from the railing rack onto the railing bottom plate automatically after the bottomless container case together with the railing bottom plate have been hoisted away from the railing rack to transport.

Abstract: A carrier for packaging, shipping and transporting coiled, heavy-weight products, said carrier being formed as a ring of a synthetic plastics material, comprising an upright rim, said ring being dividable into two ring halves, each having a pin and a hole for assembling the ring halves to form the carrier, thereby forming a double pin-and-hole joint. Each of the ring halves is provided on the inside with one or more reinforcing ribs of synthetic plastics material connected integrally with the ring wall and stabilizing said wall, while the ring wall and the reinforcing ribs have openings therein which, when the ring halves are assembled to form the carrier, result in the formation of a plurality of pairs of channels extending parallel to the ring plane.

Abstract: A bulk container which is disassemblable such that the interchangeable wall panels and the locking clips which connect the wall panels fit flatly into the flanged base assembly of the container. A base assembly provided with flanged sides holds the disasembled rectangular side panels. Each side panel is provided with a miter strip adjacent each side edge which extends below the lower edge in a leg. The leg supports the panel above the flange of the base assembly. Adjacent the miter strip at each side of the panel is a short slot. Locking clips engage a pair of panels at each corner by engaging the slots. The size reduction afforded by the disassembled condition of the container provides for more efficient shipping and transportation of the containers. Interchangeable parts reduce overall costs and the time required for assembly and disassembly.

Abstract: A collapsible container made of a four-sided enclosure having two opposite panels foldable at their center and foldable relative to the two other opposite panels such that the enclosure may be collapsed by folding inwardly the two foldable panels. One unfoldable panel is hingedly attached to a tray in which the bottom of the erected enclosure is disposed and the collapsed enclosure is capable of laying flat in the tray after pivoting around the hinged structure attaching the non-foldable panel to the tray. A lid or cap is also provided for capping the enclosure when in an erected configuration ready to be filled with articles and for covering the tray containing the collapsed container enclosure. Preferably, the tray is mounted on the top of a pallet.

Abstract: A shipping pallet is provided formed of a unitary sheet of material and having a generally planar base with a plurality of spaced proturberances extending upwardly from the upper surface of the base. The protuberances are adapted to receive respective items to be shipped thereon and to maintain such items in a predetermined relationship. The pallets further include a plurality of foot means projecting downwardly from the base, with portions of said foot means being proximal to each upwardly projecting protuberance so that said foot means effect enhanced support for items to be positioned on the protuberances and effect enhanced load distribution for the items positioned on the pallet. Additionally, a shipping container formed from two of the shipping pallets is provided for containing and transporting a load of items or packages having tubular carrier cores.

Abstract: A reusable shipping container for frangible sheets and the like having a three part telescoping base adjustable in length and a pair of three part telescoping transverse sheet support frames adjustable in height removably attached to the ends of the base wherein the container is unitized using flexible banding straps having load bearing loops for lifting the container. The container also provides removable caster wheels and sheet edge contacting separator strips. The container is particularly adapted for shipping, storing and unloading large multiple glazed window units of the type used in large commercial buildings. A method of unloading a container in which one of the transverse sheet support frames is moved from an end position on the base to a position nearer the other transverse support frame is also disclosed.

Abstract: A transport box corrugated cardboard or the like, said box when erected being connectable to a load carrying plane, a pallet, a roller pallet or the like, at which the loading receive locking lugs (26) projectable or foldable from the bottom (21, 22) of the transport box (11) and arranged to connect the box to the loading plane. The object of the present invention is to provide a transport box of a cheap material, e.g. corrugated cardboard which after use can be folded to a very narrow package and either be sent to a recovery paper collection or be reused one or more times. The transport box should very easily be connected to a load-carrying plane in such a way that the box withstands transport and driving over rough floors and said loading plane at the return transport from the retail trade to the packing central requiring only a small part of the space required by the transport box per se.

Abstract: A plastic rack or cube, for supporting and translating load units therein, having side walls and end walls formed of a plurality of unitary integrally formed molded panel units connected together at lateral tabs and tab receiving sections, the lateral ends of the walls being connected to corner posts and forming a rectilinear cube-type frame open at its top and bottom. A supporting and nesting member is removably attachable to the inner surfaces of the end walls to hold the load units therebetween. The components of the nesting members can be integrally formed and molded in and with the panel units. One or more medial or intermediate wall units can be removably attached transversely to and between side wall or end wall panel units to provide a plurality of chambers for reception of the load units, supplementary nesting members being attachable to these intermediate walls.

Abstract: A shipping pallet is disclosed which comprises a unitary sheet of material and which is so constructed so as to be usable with another substantially identical pallet to serve as a bottom and top of a shipping container for transporting and storing a product. The pallet comprises a base with a plurality of a foot means projecting from one side thereof, a first sleeve receiving groove extending adjacent the periphery of the pallet on the side opposite the foot means, and a second sleeve receiving groove on the same side of the pallet and positioned so as not to extend beyond the confines of the first groove. The two grooves are constructed and arranged so as to each receive a sleeve therein of different cross-sectional configurations, such as either a square sleeve or an octagonal sleeve, and with the opposite ends of the sleeve being positioned in the corresponding one of the first and second grooves.

Abstract: A container comprising a pallet having a frame-like upright wall, two sets of a pair of side plates assembled on the pallet and which are bended in the form of a U-letter and opposed to form a box-like configuration, a plurality of rectangular partition plates received as longitudinal partition members within the opposed side plates, and receiving boxes in the form of a flat plate which receive the side plates and the partition plates therein when the container is not in use and which serve as lid portions to cover the top when it is in use.

Abstract: A pallet is made of a substantially rectangular corrugated fiberboard, so that it has a loading surface region, two end cleats extended from two edges of the loading surface region which are in parallel with the longitudinal axis of the corrugated fiberboard, and at least one V-shaped supporting beam formed at each end of the lower surface of the loading surface region. A bottomless corrugated fiberboard container is placed on the pallet in such a manner that the lower end portion of the container is between the end cleats. The lower end portion of the container is bonded to the end cleats, or is detachably secured to the end cleat, so as to form a packaging box wherein a separable pallet forms the bottom of the box.

Abstract: A specialty package in which a plurality of flexible cloth bags are shipped with the bags neatly folded in flattened condition and arranged side-by-side in separate layers, simulating separate compartments, within an outer shipping container. The compartments are provided by rectangular pieces of sheet material which are equal in number to the bags and which serve a dual purpose, functioning as expanders for display of the bags at the point of sale.

Abstract: An improved packaging arrangement and method are disclosed which facilitate formation of a unitized shipping load. The arrangement includes an inexpensively fabricated tray-like support member which may be fitted about lower portions of the shipping load. A protective top cover may be provided for the shipping load as well, and tensioned shipping strapping positioned about the multiple tiers of the shipping load to enhance its unitization. The resultant shipping load may be readily transported by vehicle-mounted lift tines, with the arrangement of the disposable packaging members affording desired protection for the contents of the load, and obviating problems associated with typical reusable shipping pallets and the like.

Abstract: A shipping container is provided comprising a pallet as the bottom thereof, an inverted identical pallet as the top thereof, and a peripheral sleeve forming load-bearing side walls mating with each pallet via a peripheral sleeve-receiving groove defined by a peripheral rim. The unitary pallet is configured so that a bottom pallet of one container will mate with the inverted top pallet of a lower container, when containers are stacked, in such a way as to prevent shifting between containers. Said pallets are also self-nesting for transport or storage when unloaded. The containers will stack even if vertically adjacent mutually inverse pallets are rotated 180.degree. in a horizontal plane with respect to each other. This ability to tolerate a 180.degree. rotation is provided by depending members and platform members of the pallet feet, oriented so that (i) a 180.degree.

Abstract: A supporting rack comprises a plurality of cradle sets arranged in a series upon a lift platform, to translate a plurality of substantially identical load units or subassemblies, one to each cradle set, from one station or location to another. The cradle set comprises a pair of parallel, opposed, spaced apart nest members having elements projecting laterally therefrom in opposing relationship to support a load unit or subassembly therebetween, and a pair of lateral separator and tieing members removably secured to the ends of the nest members whereby to maintain the latter in upright, spaced apart relationship for facile reception of the said load unit or subassembly by and discharge from the nest members. The cradle sets can be arranged in parallel, adjacent, side-by-side series, in which case one of the lateral separator and tieing members is designed to separate and connect the nest members of parallel, adjacent, side-by-side cradle sets.

Abstract: A bulk material container, adapted to be supported on a pallet or the like, comprising a collapsible body portion and upper and lower end caps. The collapsible body portion is prepared from a pair of blanks of corrugated paperboard scored to form a plurality of side walls having coterminous upper and lower edges. The blanks of paperboard are superimposed on one another and interleaved to produce a construction wherein the unsecured ends of each respective blank are separated from one another by a corner of the other respective blank. The body portion is pre-banded in the collapsed condition with two or more support straps which provide restraint for the side walls when the body portion is squared and filled.

Abstract: A fiberboard container for the shipment of fragile and irregularly shaped articles includes a top tray, a bottom tray and, in some cases, a protective sleeve between the trays. Each of the trays has cavities to hold the articles, the cavities being formed in a pad of the tray. Each of the trays is constructed with a top pad and a bottom pad, which pads may be of laminated paperboard panels, and spacers of laminated fiberboard, to separate the top pad from the bottom pad.

Abstract: The present invention provides a multi-piece container which locks together. A hinged locking section is attached to each end of a base. Side wall locking members have locking flaps which interact with the hinged locking sections and upper locking flanges which interact with internal locking flaps on the side walls of a side wall section to lock the side walls to the base.

Abstract: A collapsible corrugated fiberboard container to be fastened to a pallet. The container has a floor panel, two opposite side panels and two opposite end panels. The side panels and end panels are flexibly connected to each other, and the floor panel is connected to the bottom edges of the side panels. The floor panel is divided by score lines into a center portion and two outer portions which are on either side of the center portion. The center portion is attached to the pallet, and the outer portions are free to pivot about the score lines. The end panels are provided with vertical score lines. Bottom flaps are each connected to the bottom edge of the end panels and are also provided with score lines. The container can be collapsed due to the flexible connections between the side and end panels and the arrangement of the score lines so that the container can assume a flattened storage configuration above the pallet when not in use.

Abstract: A plastic material handling rack adapted to receive and translate small or relatively large parts or units, capable of being stacked vertically one rack upon another, and to be loaded by conventional fork lift trucks into transportation vehicles. The plastic material handling rack is assembled with corner posts, side rails and end rails that form the unit into a rectilinear framework. A floor plate is removably attachable to the framing. Transverse rails are attached to the side or end rails for support of larger machine units or devices, and solid or perforated side walls are attachable to the corner posts and upon the side rails and end rails, converting the open framework of the rack into a tub rack.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cargo pallet preferaly intended to transport corrugated cardboard containers and the like. The pallet is characterized in that it is assembled of two components in the form of struts 1,2 provided with blocks and capable in carrying position to be interlocked by action of gravity, one said strut 1 entering a groove in said second strut 2. The struts are pivotal relative one another so as to be located in parallel with each other in a transport position, the pivotal movement occurring about a central block 3 on one strut 1.

Abstract: A shipping container for appliances or the like comprises in combination an outer container element and a base pad element. The outer container element includes scored bottom closure flaps which are folded to provide integral skid type runners at the bottom thereof and the base pad element is formed from a cut and scored blank that is folded to produce a triple thick construction which is secured to the appliance or the like.

Abstract: An expendable pallet is formed from a blank to define at least one trough area for receiving items of material for storing thereon and transporting same. A double thickness wing provides greater stability in the lifting force application area.

Abstract: A load carrying platform (10) having a pair of end walls (13) movable between an upright condition in which the end walls (13) and platform (10) define a container for transporting goods, and a collapsed condition in which the end walls (13) lie parallel to and closely adjacent the platform (10). Each end wall (13) includes a pair of corner posts which are individually pivoted to pivots (22) provided between rigid plates (23) mounted at the corners of the platform. The base of the corner post (15) is L-shaped, the pivot (22) being received in an arm (21) of the L-shape and being spaced from the end of the platform (10) so that rotation of the corner post (15) displaces it from its position between the plates (23). The cam locking bar is inserted through generally aligned openings (26,27) in the post (15) and plates (23), the locking member having cams which can be urged into locking engagement with the openings by rotation of the member (28) to lock the end wall upright.

Abstract: A fold-flat transporting device including a floor base and two end walls which may be folded or arranged in upright position. The device is provided with a locking arrangement which locks the end walls in the upright position. The locking arrangement includes a wedge pivotable on a two-armed lever which is also pivotable about a pivot mounted on the base and extending through the lever. In the closed position the pivotable wedge enters a slot provided in the end wall and becomes arrested within said slot.

Abstract: A support column for carrying a plurality of TV panels in a stack, wherein each column has spaced axial niches for receiving and supporting the corners of the panels therein.

Abstract: A container of the kind having a rigid base to which a flexible cover is sealed by means of an inflatable sealing tube is formed with a rigid support plate as part of the base, the support plate being carried on a support member having an upwardly-extending pressure wall surrounding and facing inwardly towards the edge of the plate. The pressure wall extends upwardly from below the level of the edge of the plate to above that level and the sealing tube is located between the edge of the plate and the pressure wall so that when the tube is inflated the edge of the plate forms a localized pressure region along the length of the tube.

Abstract: A cradle for carrying an internal combustion engine or other equipment has at least two longitudinal connection members and at least two transversely extending bearers. Each of the bearers is made of a high-density high-strength compressible cushioning material such as multi-wall board. Each bearer has a pair of generally upwardly-extending edges which support, and in part define a space to receive, the engine or like equipment. Multiple cradles of this design are also included within the invention.

Abstract: For transporting palletized loads in a container, such as a standard shipping container, a pallet securing kit is provided comprising flanged members which are held against two side walls of the container by an end spreader bar and are held down on the base of the container by adjustable struts so that a loaded pallet or pallets may be slid along the floor with its peripheral edges retained under flanges on said flanged members, the pallets being secured by a closure member fitted between the flanged members to hold the pallet or pallets in position.

Abstract: A unit load of rectangular objects is provided including a plurality of breakaway modules. Each breakaway module comprises a parallel array of objects stacked in side-by-side relationship in successive layers. The breakaway modules are stacked in end-to-end relationship to form the unit load. A plurality of severable longitudinally extending angled corner braces interconnect the modules. A plurality of tension bands are provided, each tension band surrounding the corner braces and a single parallel array of objects to secure each parallel array of objects in modular form. A pull sheet may be provided for selectively longitudinally interconnecting the modules or a disposable pallet may be provided, the pallet being frangible between modules to facilitate breakaway of each module.