Patent ID: 6336308
Filing Date: 2002-01-08
Classification: B66C

Abstract:
A packaging arrangement for use in connection with the transportation, lifting and handling of at least one pair of stacks of goods, said packaging arrangement comprising:at least one pair of stacks of goods; and a single unitary belt having a width substantially equal to a transverse width of each of said stacks of goods and having a first end and a second end, said belt being wrapped around said at least one pair of stacks of goods so as to form a closed-loop sling by permanently securing said first end to said second end, said closed-loop sling having: an upper portion covering an upper surface of said stacks and having a central opening; a tapered central suspension portion extending upwards between said at least one pair of stacks; and a lifting eye at an upper end of said central suspension portion extending through said central opening in said upper portion, said lifting eye being formed as a pleat by pressing together sides of said belt in a transverse direction of said sling, said closed-loop sling including a retaining agent for holding said pleat of said lifting eye together.