Patent ID: 9290316
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: B65D

Claim Text:
1. An assemblage of containers, comprising: a GMA pallet; a plurality of layers of containers disposed on the GMA pallet, each container being of the same dimension and having a long side and a short side and containing a plurality of reams of paper; wherein each layer comprises nine containers, three of the nine containers having their associated long side oriented in a first direction, and six of the nine containers having their associated long side oriented in a second direction, wherein the second direction is orthogonal to the first direction, and wherein the orientation of the nine containers is the same for each layer; wherein each layer forms a contiguous perimeter defined by outer surfaces of eight of the nine containers, wherein each container around the perimeter contacts an adjacent one of the eight containers around the perimeter, wherein the contiguous perimeter is rectangular and each side of the contiguous perimeter is formed from the long and short sides of the containers, and wherein the contiguous perimeter surrounds a single centrally disposed container that is the ninth of the nine containers, wherein the single centrally disposed container is one of the three containers having its long side oriented in the first direction, and wherein the single centrally disposed container contacts all six containers having their long side oriented in the second direction.