Packaging assembly

A packaging assembly including:

• an upper cleat;
• a lower cleat;
• a first and a second side support, each side support being formed separately to the upper cleat and lower cleat and detachable connected between the upper and lower cleats so that the upper cleat and lower cleat are spaced by a distance, with the cleats and side supports each having a planar configuration to provide a generally rectangular frame surrounding an aperture within which product to be transported is to be located;
• and wherein
• each of the first side support and the second side support have a lower sliding part and an upper sliding part, the lower sliding part having a receiving recess that receives the upper sliding part therein such that the lower sliding part and the upper sliding part are telescopically configured to move between an extended position wherein the upper sliding part projects from the receiving recess of the lower sliding part and a retracted position wherein the upper sliding part is substantially received within the receiving recess of the lower sliding part so as to provide adjustment of a longitudinal length of the first side support and the second side support that extends between the upper cleat and the lower cleat, the lower sliding part and the upper sliding part being lockable in position by a locking mechanism comprising a plurality of ratchet teeth and a resilient pawl, the resilient pawl configured to be urged into engagement with the ratchet teeth so that the distance between the upper cleat and the lower cleat is maintained.