Wood reinforced shipping carton

Claim 1

IN A CARTON BLANK; COMPRISING BOTTOM, SIDE AND TOP PANEL MEANS HINGEDLY INTERCONNECTED AND FORMING A SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR BLANK, END MEMBERS FOR THE CARTON COMPRISING END PANELS AND RIGID RAILS EXTENDING ALONG THE EDGES OF SAID PANELS ON THE OUTSIDE EACH END MEMBER HAVING A WIDTH CORRESPONDING TO THE WIDTH OF THE BOTTOM PANEL MEANS AND A HEIGHT CORRESPONDING TO THE HEIGHT OF SAID SIDE PANEL MEANS, EACH SAID PANEL MEANS OF THE BLANK HAVING FLAP MEANS HINGEDLY CONNECTED THERETO AND SCORED ALONG LINES PARALLEL TO THE END OF THE PANEL MEANS AND SPACED APART TO DIVIDE THE FLAP MEANS INTO HINGEDLY INTERCONNECTED PORTIONS, EACH SAID FLAP MEANS BEING ARRANGED FOR BEING FORMED ABOUT THE ADJACENT WOOD RAIL OF THE ADJACENT END MEMBER AND THE TERMINAL PORTION OF EACH SAID FLAP MEANS REMOTE FROM THE CONNECTION OF THE FLAP MEANS TO THE PANEL BEING RECEIVABLE IN THE REGION BETWEEN THE SAID END PANEL AND THE RAIL ABOUT WHICH THE FLAP MEANS IS FORMED, THE SAID PORTION OF EACH FLAP MEANS ADJACENT THE CONNECTION OF THE FLAP MEANS WITH ITS RESPECTIVE PANEL MEANS BEING BEVELED INWARDLY TOWARD THE CENTER OF THE RESPECTIVE FLAP MEANS SO SAID FLAP MEANS WILL BE IN EDGE TO EDGE ENGAGEMENT WHEN FORMED ABOUT SAID RAILS, SAID FLAP MEANS HAVING THE ENDS OF SAID TERMINAL PORTIONS BEVELED TO FACILITATE INSERTION THEREOF BETWEEN THE RAILS AND THE PERTAINING END PANEL, MEANS CONNECTING SAID END PANELS TO SAID RAILS COMPRISING CONNECTOR ELEMENTS IN THE CORNERS OF THE PANELS WHICH ALSO EXTEND THROUGH THE RAILS SO AS TO INTERCONNECT THE RIALS AT THE CORNERS OF THE PANELS, AND ADDITIONAL CONNECTORS INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS OF THE TOP AND BOTTOM RAILS, AND THE FLAP MEANS PERTAINING TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM PANEL MEANS BEING NOTCHED INTERMEDIATE THEIR ENDS TO PREVENT INTERFERENCE WITH SAID LAST MENTIONED CONNECTORS.