Palletized load

Claim 1

A PACKAGE COMPRISING, A FIRST PLATEN AND A SECOND PLATEN, A LOAD IN THE FORM OF STACKED SHEETS WHICH SHRINK IN VOLUME AFTER BEING FORMED INTO A PACKAGE RESTING ON SAID SECOND PLATEN, LONGITUDINAL SPACER MEMBERS RESTING ON THE UPPER MARGINAL EDGES OF THE TOP SHEET OF THE STACKED SHEETS, AND THE FIRST PLATEN RESTING UPON THE SPACER MEMBERS WHICH THEREBY SPACE THE FIRST PLATEN ABOVE THE LOAD TO FORM AN AIR POCKET BETWEEN THE FIRST PLATEN AND THE TOP SHEET OF THE LOAD, AT LEAST ONE TENSIONED BINDER ENCIRCLED IN A CLOSED LOOP AROUND THE PACKAGE AND EXTENDING ALONG THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE FIRST PACKAGE DOWN ONE SIDE OF THE LOAD, ALONG THE LOWER SURFACE OF THE SECOND PLATEN AND UPWARD ALONG THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE LOAD, THE TENSION IN THE BINDER URGING THE PLATENS AND THE SPACER MEMBERS TOWARD EACH OTHER AND THE LOAD APPLYING A COMPRESSIVE FORCE TO THE LOAD, AND POSITIONED WITHIN THE AIR POCKET AN INFLATED AIR TIGHT CONTAINER APPLYING A REACTION FORCE BETWEEN THE FIRST PLATEN AND THE TOP SHEET OF THE LOAD URGING THE STACKED SHEETS MORE TIGHTLY TOGETHER, THE VOLUME OF SAID CONTAINER AND THE INFLATED PRESSURE THEREIN BEING SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN COMPRESSION IN THE SHEETS AND TENSION IN THE BINDER WHILE THE SHEETS SHRINK.