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A shipping package for accommodating a box-like object such as a drawer-type storage unit. The shipping package includes substantially identical top and bottom trays which respectively extend over top and bottom ends of the furniture unit, and a set of four corner posts which embrace vertically exte

A shipping package for accommodating a box-like object such as a drawer-type storage unit. The shipping package includes substantially identical top and bottom trays which respectively extend over top and bottom ends of the furniture unit, and a set of four corner posts which embrace vertically extending corners of the furniture unit and have opposite ends engaged with the trays. The corner posts comprise elongate L-shaped members which are hollow in cross-section and are relatively rigid to permit transmission of vertical stacking loads therethrough. The bottom tray mounts therein a load-bearing insert structure which includes two inserts, each formed from a one-piece corrugated fiber-board blank, with the inserts being secured within the tray and having raised upper surfaces which are in load-bearing engagement with the bottom frame of the furniture unit. The inserts also have appropriate recesses for accommodating legs or casters provided on the furniture unit. The top tray has a pair of shock-absorbing inserts secured therein and disposed in supportive engagement with the upper surface of the furniture unit. The entire shipping package is appropriately secured, such as by plastic stretch wrap and plastic banding.

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1. A shipping package for an object of significant size and weight, comprising:a bottom tray arrangement including a shallow upwardly opening bottom tray member having a horizontally large bottom wall joined to an upwardly projecting edge wall therearound which includes opposed side walls which exte

1. A shipping package for an object of significant size and weight, comprising:a bottom tray arrangement including a shallow upwardly opening bottom tray member having a horizontally large bottom wall joined to an upwardly projecting edge wall therearound which includes opposed side walls which extend between and join to opposed end walls, said bottom tray arrangement including a pair of load-supporting inserts positioned within and fixed to said bottom tray member respectively adjacent said pair of end walls, each insert including a horizontally large upper wall which is maintained in vertically spaced relation above and is separated from the bottom wall of the tray through an intermediate air space, said upper wall being disposed for direct supportive engagement with the object, said inserts and said bottom tray member all being constructed in their entirety of sheet corrugated paperboard; a top tray arrangement having a shallow downwardly opening top tray member defined by a horizontally large top wall provided with a downwardly projecting edge wall therearound, said top tray member being constructed of sheet corrugated paperboard and being substantially identical to and disposed in opposed but vertically spaced relationship from said bottom tray member, said top tray assembly including a cushioning liner disposed within said top tray member and attached to an inner surface of said top wall, said liner member being attached to said top tray member adjacent opposite end walls thereof so that said top liner member is positionable for supportive engagement with a top surface of the object, the liner being constructed of paper; a plurality of upright posts extending between said top and bottom tray arrangements, each said post being a one-piece hollow tubular element constructed of paper and having a generally hollow L-shaped cross-sectional configuration for embracing a vertically extending corner of the object, said post having a lower end engaged within a corner of the bottom tray member and disposed in load transfer relationship with the bottom wall thereof, said post having an upper end projecting into a corresponding corner of the top tray member and engaged in load-bearing engagement with the liner which is secured to the top tray member; whereby said object is positioned to extend vertically between the top and bottom tray arrangements so that the load is supported directly on the upper wall of the inserts disposed within the bottom tray member, whereas vertical external loads imposed on the top tray arrangement are transmitted predominantly downwardly through the posts to the bottom tray member.