Article-packaging structure

A packaged bundle of articles comprising:

• a plurality of articles arranged along substantially parallel longitudinal axes in a stack defining a height h, width w, and length l;
• a pair of transverse frames spaced along said length l and bounding said plurality of articles, each of said frames defining a quadrilateral having dimensions corresponding to said height h and said width w, wherein at least a portion of said quadrilateral is defined by an article-packaging member defining an extruded cross section, said extruded cross section extending along substantially an entire length of said packaging member and comprising:
• a structural framework formed of a relatively rigid extruded plastic material,
• a bundling channel formed in said extruded cross section along an exterior face of said article-packaging member;
• and
• a bundling band secured about each of said transverse frames and positioned within said bundling channel formed in said external support framework along respective exteriors of said transverse frames.