Packing and shipping container

Claim 1

IN A CONTAINER COMPRISING A BOTTOM, TOP AND FOUR OUTER UPRIGHT SIDE WALLS, AN INNER PACKING ENCLOSURE WITHIN SAID CONTAINER COMPRISING FOUR INNER SIDE WALLS CONNECTED TOGETHER TO PROVIDE A RECTANGULAR TUBE WITH FOUR OPPOSED EDGES, FIRST AND SECOND OPPOSED SPACING STRUCTURES FOR SAID TUBE, EACH INCLUDING FLAPS HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO AND EXTENDING FROM EACH OF THE OPPOSITE EDGES OF SAID SIDE WALLS, SAID FLAPS EACH HAVING INNER PORTIONS AND OUTER FLAP EXTENSIONS, SAID INNER PORTION BEING FOLDED TO PROVIDE V-SHAPED SPACERS HAVING INNER AND OUTER APICAL SURFACES, SAID SPACERS EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY ALONG SAID OPPOSED EDGES, CERTAIN OF SAID FLAP EXTENSIONS BEING POSITIONED IN OVERLAPPING RELATION TO CLOSE SAID TUBE, MEANS CONNECTING SAID OVERLAPPING FLAP EXTENSIONS, AND A RECTANGULAR STIFFENER MEMBER ON EACH STRUCTURE SPACED LATERALLY FROM AND DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID EDGES AND SAID EXTENSIONS AND BEING SUPPORTED AT ITS PERIPHERY BY THE INNER APICAL SURFACE, THE OUTER APICAL SURFACES OF SAID SPACER PORTIONS ENGAGING SAID OUTER WALLS TO SPACE SAID ENCLOSURE THEREFROM.