Patent ID: 7322479

Claim:
A shipping or storage container and associated dunnage for elongated products arranged in layers comprising, in combination: a box having four side walls with two of the walls being opposed and spaced apart at least the length of the products to be shipped or stored; dunnage arranged in layers in the box extending lengthwise between the other two side walls for receiving and supporting the products in layers in the box; said dunnage comprising elongated resilient plastic strips having product receiving openings within which the products are received for holding the products out of contact with adjacent products; reinforcing members for the strips extending along the length thereof for preventing sagging thereof; said other two side walls of the box having dunnage supports adjacent the ends of the reinforcing members for removably receiving and supporting said reinforcing members and associated strips out of contact with superjacent or subjacent layers of products; and wherein a box liner overlies the inside of at least said other two side walls of the box and said dunnage supports are mounted on said box liner.