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The protection of items such as preassembled cabinets, furniture, major appliances or electronics against damage during shipping is a problem that has been approached in many different ways throughout the years. Manufacturers desire to pack their products as inexpensively, both in materials and labo

The protection of items such as preassembled cabinets, furniture, major appliances or electronics against damage during shipping is a problem that has been approached in many different ways throughout the years. Manufacturers desire to pack their products as inexpensively, both in materials and labor, as possible while providing a maximum of protection against potential damage. This has typically entailed packing an item snugly in a preassembled carton, protected by systems such as styrofoam edge protectors. This procedure can, however, be quite awkward, especially with larger items such as furniture or cabinets. The present invention, however, offers a packaging system which can be built around the item to be packed, easing the packing procedure by employing a spacing lip along the lower edge of the bottom spacing pads which allow a packing sleeve to easily fit between the spacing pads and a bottom packing tray.

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1. A packaging system comprising;a bottom tray, comprising: a bottom and four walls, a packing sleeve, having four sides dimensioned to fit inside of said four walls of said bottom tray, said four sides having a substantially uniform thickness, a right and a left bottom spacer pad designed to receiv

1. A packaging system comprising;a bottom tray, comprising: a bottom and four walls, a packing sleeve, having four sides dimensioned to fit inside of said four walls of said bottom tray, said four sides having a substantially uniform thickness, a right and a left bottom spacer pad designed to receive the bottom edges of an item to be packed and dimensioned to fit inside of said our sides of said packing sleeve, said right and left bottom spacer pads each comprising a spacer lip disposed along a lower longitudinal outside edge thereof, said lip being dimensioned to provide a gap between said outside, longitudinal edges and an inside surface of said walls of said bottom tray, said gap being substantially equal to said thickness of said sides of said sleeve, a right and a left top spacer pad designed to receive the top edges of an item to be packed and dimensioned to fit inside of said four sides of said packing sleeve, an item to be shipped, and a top tray, identical to said bottom tray and dimensioned to fit over said packing sleeve.