Improved Packaging Articles

The shipping article of claim 8, wherein the shipping article comprises item-separating shelves selected from the group consisting of:

• one item-separating shelf separating the compartment into two sub-compartments;
• two item-separating shelves separating the compartment into three sub-compartments;
• and
• three item-separating shelves separating the compartment into four sub-compartments.

An improved shipping article comprising:

• a single piece of substantially planar material with parallel scores formed therein thereby defining four substantially planar sections of the shipping article, the four planar sections of the shipping article defining, when the piece of substantially planar material is folded along the parallel scores:
• a first pair of substantially perpendicular adjacent sides having a substantially equal first width;
• an additional side having a second width that is greater than the first width and formed by two of the four planar sections in an overlapped relationship;
• one of the planar sections comprising:
• a top extension sized and shaped to fold down to form a top of a compartment enclosed by the first pair of substantially perpendicular adjacent sides and the additional side;
• and
• a bottom extension sized and shaped to fold up to form a bottom of the compartment.