Shipping container for books and the like

Claim 1

A SHIPPING CONTAINER FOR BOOKS AND THE LIKE INCLUDING, IN COMBINATION, A BOTTOM WALL PANEL, TWO SIDE WALL PANELS, AND AN OUTER TOP WALL PANEL CONNECTED TOGETHER TO FORM A TUBULAR CONTAINER OF RECTANGULAR CROSS SECTION HAVING OPEN ENDS, AN INNER TOP WALL PANEL LYING AGAINST THE INNER SIDE OF SAID TOP WALL PANEL, MEANS ADJACENT THE ENDS OF SAID INNER TOP WALL PANEL DIVIDING THE PANEL INTO SECTIONS EACH FOLDABLE INWARDLY OUT OF THE PLANE OF THE PANEL AND HAVING A CENTERING MEMBER EXTENDING NORMALLY BETWEEN THE PANEL AND SAID BOTTOM WALL PANEL AND ADAPTED TO ENGAGE AN END OF AN OBJECT WITHIN THE CONTAINER TO HOLD THE OBJECT AGAINST ENDWISE SHIFTING WITH RESPECT TO THE PANELS AND OUTER MEMBER LYING AGAINST THE INNER SIDE OF BOTTOM PANEL, AND FLAPS SECURED TO THE ENDS OF SAID OUTER AND BOTTOM PANELS AND EACH HAVING A FIRST PORTION BENT REVERSELY AND INWARDLY IN PARALLEL WITH THE ADJACENT END PORTION OF THE ASSOCIATED PANEL AND A TRANSVERSE PORTION EXTENDING NORMALLY BETWEEN THE PANELS IN OVERLAPPING RELATION WITH EACH OTHER AND CENTERING MEMBERS, SAID OUTER MEMBERS AND SAID INNER PANEL HAVING SPACED PORTIONS STRADDLING SAID CENTERING MEMBERS AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY BEYOND THE MEMBERS AND INTO THE CHANNELS DEFINED BY THE END PORTIONS OF SAID OUTER AND BOTTOM PANELS AND SAID REVERSELY BENT FIRST PORTIONS OF SAID FLAPS.