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In combination with a carton stacked pallet, a collar is disclosed for indexing to an interstitial layer of cartons on the pallet for stabilizing the palletized stack of cartons above and below the collar both during and after palletization. The collar preferably consists of a continuous piece of co

In combination with a carton stacked pallet, a collar is disclosed for indexing to an interstitial layer of cartons on the pallet for stabilizing the palletized stack of cartons above and below the collar both during and after palletization. The collar preferably consists of a continuous piece of corrugated board having a length corresponding to the circumference of the four sides of the palletized load to be enclosed. The corrugated board of the collar is folded and fitted to each of the four sides of the palletized cartons. A gusset member protrudes normally inward from each of the four collar sides for entrapment between the interstitial layers of the of cartons of the palletized load of cartons. At the palletizing site, the band is unfolded into a rectangular carton surrounding configuration with the folded gussets disposed to the inside. The pallet is partially stacked with a rectilinear sectioned stack of cartons to expose the top of a continuous interstitial layer of the cartons at a partial height of the ultimately palletized load. The collar is registered to the top of the continuous interstitial layer so the bottom portion of the collar below the gusset confines and stabilizes the top cartons on the pallet. When layers of further cartons are placed within the collar on the gusset there results a combination of forces stabilizing the palletized cartons below and above the collar both during and after the palletizing process.

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In combination with a loading pallet and cartons stacked on said pallet in rectilinear section to define four corners to said loaded pallet, said cartons defining a substantially parallel interface between said pallet and a partial height of said pallet, a collar for reinforcing said cartons against

In combination with a loading pallet and cartons stacked on said pallet in rectilinear section to define four corners to said loaded pallet, said cartons defining a substantially parallel interface between said pallet and a partial height of said pallet, a collar for reinforcing said cartons against columnar collapse during and after pelletizing said pallet, said collar comprising: a collar fabricated from semi-rigid foldable material, said collar having a periphery, said periphery being equal in parametric length to the corresponding sides and widths of said cartons as stacked in a rectilinear sectioned stack on said pallet; said collar defining linear sides, said linear sides being joined at four parallel folds across said collar, said folds enabling said collar to fold from a first disposition wherein said collar linear sides overlie one another to a second disposition where said collar sides register to each of the four linear sides of said cartons stacked on said pallet; a gusset attached to each linear side, said gusset foldable from a first disposition parallel to the linear side of said collar to a second disposition protruding at right angles from said collar to and towards the interior of said collar whereby said gusset reinforces the linear sides on said collar and can be trapped between said parallel interface of said stacked boxes; each said gusset as folded to said second disposition extending only a partial distance across said collar to an opposite gusset.