Packaging means

The combination comprising:

• a plurality of objects having pointed ends;
• a generally rectangular sheet of resilient, compressible foam material having a thickness sufficient to embed the points of said pointed ends, and first and second end edges connecting a pair of side edges;
• a plurality of closely spaced, parallel strips of tape, and an adhesive material on a first side of each of said tapes for fastening the tape to a first side of the sheet of foam material such that the adhesive is disposed between the tape and said sheet whereby the pointed ends of the pointed objects are each receivable through the tape and the adhesive material into the foam material so as to be anchored in position;
• a first rod fastened along the first end edge of the sheet so as to extend beyond the side edges thereof;
• a second rod fastened along the second end edge of the sheet, so as to extend beyond the side edges thereof, parallel to said first rod and to said strips of tape;
• and
• a first string means connecting one end of the first rod to a corresponding end of the second rod, and second string means for connecting the opposite end of the first rod to the corresponding opposite end of the second rod such that said sheet can be rolled around the first rod in the manner of a scroll to enclose the tapes and said objects mounted on the first side of said sheet.