Packaging and shipping container

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, A MULTIPLICITY OF LIKE PACKAGES AND EACH PACKAGE COMPRISING A TRAY HAVING A PERIPHERAL FLANGE FORMED OF A DOUBLE WALL CONSTRUCTION PROVIDING SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY DISPOSED AND RADIALLY SPACED OUTER AND INNER WALLS AND WITH ARTICLES CARRIED ON THE TRAY AND CONFINED THERETO BY SAID INNER WALL OF SAID FLANGE, SAID PACKAGES BEING ARRANGED ONE OVER THE OTHER IN COLUMNAR RELATIONSHIP, A VERTICALLY DISPOSED SUPPORT ENGAGING SHELL COMPRISING A SHEET OF MATERIAL HAVING COLUMNAR STRENGTH AND BENDABLE HORIZONTALLY WHILE REMAINING VERTICALLY RIGID, ADHESIVE SECURING MEANS BETWEEN SAID SHEET AND SAID VERTICALLY DISPOSED OUTER WALLS OF SAID FLANGES, SAID SHEET BEING WRAPPED ONTO SAID PREARRANGED PACKAGES AND SECURED THERETO BY SAID ADHESIVE MEANS TO THE OUTER WALLS OF SAID PERIPHERAL FLANGES, WHEREBY SAID MULTIPLICITY OF PACKAGES ARE ENCLOSED AND EACH IS FIXEDLY SUPPORTED BY SAID SHELL SO AS TO RELIEVE THE COLUMNAR LOAD OF SAID PREARRANGED RELATIONSHIP.