Palletized structure of cylindrical products

Claim 1

A PALLETIZED UNIT FOR PACKAGING ELONGATED CYLINDRICAL PRODUCTS INCLUDING A PALLET BASE MEMBER HAVING A PLURALITY OF TRANSVERSE FOOT MEMBERS, A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINAL SUPPORT MEMBERS MOUNTED ON THE FOOT MEMBERS AND A PAIR OF STOP CLEATS MOUNTED ON THE SUPPORT MEMBERS, A BASE LAYER OF ELONGATED CYLINDRICAL PRODUCTS, CONSISTING OF AT LEAST ONE ROW OF PRODUCTS, LAID ON THE SUPPORT MEMBERS AND EXTENDING BETWEEN THE CLEATS WITH THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE PRODUCTS BEING PERPENDICULAR TO THE SUPPORT MEMBERS, EACH INDIVIDUAL CYLINDRICAL PRODUCT IN THE LAYER ABUTTING THE NEXT ADJACENT PRODUCT AND EACH END PRODUCT ABUTTING ONE OF THE STOP CLEATS, THE TOPS OF THE ADJACENT CYLINDRICAL PRODUCTS FORMING A SERIES OF LATERAL GROOVES, A SECOND LAYER OF PRODUCTS RESTING ON THE FIRST LAYER IN THE GROOVES, THE SECOND LAYER OF INDIVIDUAL PRODUCTS FORMING A SECOND SERIES OF LATERAL GROOVES, A THIRD LAYER OF PRODUCTS RESTING ON THE SECOND LAYER IN THE SECOND LAYER GROOVES A PAIR OF ELONGATED STRAP MEANS EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF THE LAYERS INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE SECOND LAYER OF PRODUCTS AND THE THIRD LAYER OF PRODUCTS HAVING A PREFORMED LOOP AT EACH END PROVIDING ENGAGING MEANS AT EACH END, EACH ENGAGING MEANS OF ONE STRAP ENGAGING ONE OF A PAIR OF END-RETAINING PRODUCTS, THE THIRD LAYER AND THE PAIR OF END-RETAINING PRODUCTS FORMING A THIRD SERIES OF LATERAL GROOVE AND A FOURTH LAYER OF PRODUCTS RESTING ON THE THIRD LAYER IN THE THIRD LAYER GROOVES.