Patent ID: 8231004

Claim:
A unit load for the transport of absorbent hygiene articles, comprising: a pallet, a plurality of stackable secondary packages comprising a cuboid shape loaded on the pallet, wherein each of said secondary packages contains a plurality of primary packages each primary package containing at least eight to about sixty absorbent feminine hygiene articles, wherein each said secondary package is made of a flexible material, wherein said secondary packages fully encase the plurality of primary packages, wherein said plurality of secondary packages forms a stack, wherein said stack has a bottom edge, a top edge and a plurality of vertical corners, a bottom tray between the pallet and the stack, wherein said bottom tray comprises one or more side flaps that are folded upwardly around one or more sides of the bottom edge of the stack, a top cap disposed on top of the stack, wherein said top cap comprises one or more side flaps that are folded downwardly around one or more sides of the top edge of the stack, a plurality of vertical corner posts each placed along a different vertical corner of the stack and extending vertically at least from the bottom edge to the top edge of the stack, wherein each corner post is placed against at least a portion of the folded flaps of the top cap and against at least a portion of the folded flaps of the bottom tray, wherein the internal side of each of the vertical corner posts is placed overlapping the external side of the folded flaps and wherein the vertical corner posts are only maintained in position against the stack by a stretch wrap or shrink wrap.