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A container for holding product therein during shipment and being returned for reuse has a base and opposed sides, L-shaped tracks, and a plurality of padded dunnage supports extending between the tracks. One type of padded dunnage support comprises end members and a tubular middle member, the end m

A container for holding product therein during shipment and being returned for reuse has a base and opposed sides, L-shaped tracks, and a plurality of padded dunnage supports extending between the tracks. One type of padded dunnage support comprises end members and a tubular middle member, the end members being movable along the tracks. The padded dunnage supports support dunnage, such as pouches.

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1. A container for holding product therein during shipment, the container comprising: a base and opposed sides;non-linear tracks supported by each side of the container;a plurality of padded dunnage supports movable along the tracks; andpouches supported by the padded dunnage supports. 2. The contai

1. A container for holding product therein during shipment, the container comprising: a base and opposed sides;non-linear tracks supported by each side of the container;a plurality of padded dunnage supports movable along the tracks; andpouches supported by the padded dunnage supports. 2. The container of claim 1 wherein each of the non-linear tracks is generally L-shaped. 3. The container of claim 1 wherein at least one of the non-linear tracks has an inhibitor to aid in maintaining the padded dunnage supports in positions extending between generally horizontally oriented portions of the non-linear tracks. 4. The container of claim 1 wherein the base and sides are part of a pallet box. 5. The container of claim 1 wherein each of the padded dunnage supports comprises end members movable along corresponding tracks and a middle member extending between the end members, the middle member being at least partially surrounded by a cushioning sleeve. 6. The container of claim 1 wherein each of the padded dunnage supports comprises a foam sleeve at least partially surrounding a dunnage support. 7. A container for holding product therein during shipment, the container comprising: a base and two opposed sides;at least one non-linear track supported by each side of the container;a plurality of padded dunnage supports extending between opposed tracks and being movable along the tracks; anddunnage supported by the padded dunnage supports. 8. The container of claim 7 wherein at least one of the non-linear tracks is generally L-shaped. 9. The container of claim 8 wherein each of the non-linear tracks is generally L-shaped. 10. The container of claim 7 wherein each of the padded dunnage supports comprises a padded sleeve surrounding a tubular member. 11. The container of claim 7 wherein at least one of the padded dunnage supports comprises a foam sleeve around a tubular member. 12. The container of claim 7 wherein at least one of the non-linear tracks has an inhibitor to maintain the padded dunnage supports in positions extending between generally horizontal portions of the non-linear tracks. 13. The container of claim 7 wherein each of the padded dunnage supports comprises two end members joined by a middle member. 14. The container of claim 7 wherein the dunnage comprises pouches. 15. The container of claim 7 wherein the base and opposed sides are made of plastic. 16. A container for holding product therein during shipment, the container comprising: a base and opposed sides;a non-linear track supported by each of the opposed sides;a plurality of padded dunnage supports extending between opposed tracks and being movable along corresponding tracks, each of the padded dunnage supports comprising an outer padding layer; andpouches supported by the padded dunnage supports. 17. The container of claim 16 wherein each of the padded dunnage supports comprises a pair of end members and a middle member extending between the end members. 18. The container of claim 16 wherein the padding layer is foam. 19. The container of claim 16 wherein each non-linear track is generally L-shaped. 20. The container of claim 16 wherein at least one of the non-linear tracks has an inhibitor to maintain the padded support members in positions extending between generally horizontal portions of the non-linear tracks.