Packaging module

In combination,

• at least one item of three dimensional shape;
• at least one packaging module receiving said item, said module including a porous deformable membrane defining an enclosed space and a mass of loose fill elements disposed within said membrane and occupying an amount of said space sufficient to permit said membrane to be shaped about said item and to permit said elements to move within said membrane to accommodate the shape of said item;
• and
• a packaging medium receiving said module and said item.

In combination,

• a plurality of items;
• at least a pair of packaging modules receiving said items therebetween, each said module including a porous deformable membrane defining an enclosed space and a mass of loose fill elements disposed within said membrane, each said module adapting to the shape of said items received therein;
• and
• a packaging medium receiving said modules and said items therein.

In combination

• a carton;
• a plurality of layers of packaging modules in said carton, each said packaging module including a porous deformable membrane defining an enclosed space and a mass of loose fill elements disposed within said membrane;
• and
• a plurality of layers of items disposed in said carton in alternating relation with said layers of packaging modules, at least one of said layers of items including items of different three-dimensional shape, and wherein said packaging modules of adjacent layers of packaging modules adapt to the three-dimensional shape of said items therebetween.

In combination,

• an item;
• a pair of packaging modules receiving said item therebetween, each said module including a porous deformable membrane defining an enclosed space and a mass of loose fill elements disposed within said membrane and occupying an amount of said space sufficient to permit said membrane to be shaped about said item and to permit said elements to move within said membrane to accommodate the shape of said item;
• and
• means securing said modules together.