Patent ID: 7562775

Claim:
Packaging for transporting and handling large anti-friction bearings, comprising a lower part and an upper part, which can be stacked one within the other and which define a receiving region for receiving at least one large anti-friction bearing, the large anti-friction bearing receiving region is surrounded by holding elements that can be fixed at several circumferential points spaced apart from each other, the holding elements are detachably connected to the lower part, an eccentrically offset pin is arranged on each of the holding elements on a top side of a circular base plate thereof, while a bottom side of the base plate is provided with a central cylindrical peg, the circular base plate of each of the holding elements is provided on an outer surface with gear teeth, which engage in an associated circular open space of the lower part also provided with gear teeth and a position of the holding elements can be adjusted in such a way that a distance of each of the eccentrically offset pins in relation to a central part of the package can be increased or decreased.