Low Stress Packaging Design to Minimize Pellet Blocking

A packaging configuration comprising at least the following:

• A. A pallet comprising a top surface, a bottom surface and a height (HP);
• B. A first stack of bagged goods, stacked on the pallet, and comprising at least two layers, and wherein the first stack of bagged goods has a total height (HL1);
• and
• C. A support structure situated over, and at least partially enclosing, the first stack of bagged goods, the support structure comprising at least four walls, wherein one of the walls is a top wall, and wherein at least three of the walls are sidewalls that are each, independently, in a perpendicular orientation to the top wall, and wherein the support structure has a height (HC) that meets one of the following equations:
• (i) HC>HL1, when the bottom end of at least one sidewall of the support structure is positioned on the top surface of the at least one pallet;
• or
• (ii) HC>HP+HL1, when the bottom end of at least one sidewall of the support structure and the bottom surface of the pallet are both positioned on the same surface;
• and
• wherein an air gap is situated between a top layer of the first stack of bagged goods and the top wall of the support structure, and the air gap has a height (HAG);
• and wherein the top wall is optionally detachable from the side walls.