LIGHT-WEIGHT PACKAGES COMPRISING A SKELETAL CONTAINER

摘要

A light-weight package (2) comprising a skeletal container (1) formed from a plurality of interconnected self-supporting ribs (3) to (8) and having a sheet material (12) stretched around the container (1), the ends of the sheet material being positively secured to a rib of the container so as to maintain a tension in the sheet material. The tension causes a compressive force to be exerted in the container which causes the container to become more rigid.