Protective shock-resistant carton

Claim 1

A SHOCK RESISTANT COLLAPSIBLE CARDBOARD CARTON, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A SINGLE INTEGRAL BLANK COMPRISING, A FIRST PANEL, A FIRST SHORT NARROW CONNECTION FLAP CONNECTED BY A WEAKENED BEND LINE TO SAID FIRST PANEL, A SMALL TAB EXTENSION ON THE OUTER EDGE OF SAID FIRST FLAP, A SECOND PANEL CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST PANEL BY A DEEPWEAKENED FIRST CORNER BEND LINE, A THIRD PANEL CONNECTED TO SAID SECOND PANEL BY A DEEPWEAKENED SECOND CORNER BEND LINE, SAID SECOND AND THIRD PANELS HAVING BETWEEN THEM A RECESS AT THE END OF SAID SECOND CORNER BEND LINE, SAID THIRD PANEL HAVING A SECOND INTEGRAL RIGID MEDIAL FLAP CUT OUT OF SAID SECOND PANEL, A FOURTH PANEL CONNECTED TO SAID THIRD PANEL BY A DEEPWEAKENED THIRD CORNER BEND LINE, SAID THIRD PANEL HAVING A THIRD INTEGRAL RIGID MEDIAL FLAP CUT OUT OF SAID FOURTH PANEL, A FIFTH CONNECTION PANEL CONNECTED TO SAID FOURTH PANEL BY A LIGHTLY WEAKENED FOURTH CORNER BEND LINE, SAID FIFTH PANEL HAVING AN OPENING CUT THEREIN OF A SIZE TO RECEIVE SAID FIRST FLAP BUT NOT ITS END EDGE TAB, A SIXTH PANEL CONNECTED TO SAID FIFTH PANEL BY A LIGHTLY WEAKENED FIFTH CORNER BEND LINE, SAID SIXTH PANEL HAVING FIFTH AND SIXTH FLAPS AT THE END TO SERVE FOR END CLOSURE, A SEVENTH PANEL CONNECTED TO SAID SIXTH PANEL BY A LIGHTLY WEAKENED SIXTH CORNER BEND LINE, SAID SEVENTH PANEL HAVING A SEVENTH FLAP WITH A TUCK FLAP ON ONE END THEREOF TO SERVE FOR END CLOSURE, AN EIGHTE PANEL CONNECTED TO THE SEVENTH PANEL BY A LIGHTLY WEAKENED SEVENTH CORNER BEND LINE, SAID EIGHTH PANEL HAVING EIGHTH AND NINTH FLAPS ON THE ENDS THEREOF TO SERVE FOR END CLOSURE, AND A NINTH PANEL CONNECTED TO THE EIGHTH PANEL BY A LIGHTLY WEAKENED EIGHTH CORNER BEND LINE, SAID NINTH PANEL HAVING A TENTH FLAP WITH A TUCK FLAP ON ONE END THEREOF TO SERVE FOR END CLOSURE, IN ASSEMBLY SAID FIRST FLAP BEING BROUGHT INTO THE OPENING OF SAID FIFTH PANEL, AND THE FIFTH PANEL AND SAID FIRST FLAP BEING SECURED TO THE NINTH PANEL FROM THE END EDGE INWARD TO CONSTITUTE FULLY CLOSED OUTER AND INNER SLEEVES, THE FIRST FLAP BEING SECURED TO THE NINTH PANEL IN A POSITION TO SECURE A CORNER FO THE INNER SLEEVE TO THE MIDWIDTH OF THE NINTH PANEL, THE INNER SLEEVE BEING FORMED BY SAID FIRST, SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH PANELS, THE OUTER SLEEVE BEING FORMED BY SAID SIXTH, SEVENTH, EIGHTH AND NINTH PANELS, THE SECOND FLAP, IN FOLDED CONDITION, EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY TO SAID SIXTH FOLD LINE WHICH IS THE DIAGONAL CORNER OF THE OUTER SLEEVE OPPOSITE THE PANEL-CONNECTED CORNER OF THE INNER SLEEVE, AND SAID SECOND AND THIRD FLAPS, WHEN THE CARTON IS ERECTED, FRICTIONALLY ENGAGING THE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH PANELS RESPECTIVELY TO HOLD SAID FIRST CORNER AGANIST SAID SIXTH PANEL.