Shipping carton

Claim 1

A SHIPPING CARTON FORMED OF TWO SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLEMENTARY BLANK SECTIONS, EACH OF WHICH COMPRISES FOUR SIDE PANEL SECTIONS HINGEDLY CONNECTED TOGETHER, A CONNECTING FLAP HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO ONE OF SAID SIDE PANEL SECTIONS, FOUR CLOSURE FLAP SECTIONS EACH OF WHICH IS HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO A RESPECTIVE SIDE PANEL SECTION AND ALL OF WHICH EXTEND FROM TEH SIDE PANEL SECTIONS IN THE SAME DIRECTION, WITH SAID CLOSURE FLAPS COMPRISING A PAIR OF RELATIVELY SHORT AND A PAIR OF RELATIVELY LONG FLAPS, MEANS FOR ADHESIVELY SECURING TOGETHER IN OVERLYING POSITION THE RESPECTIVE SIDE PANEL SECTIONS OF EACH BLANK SECTION THEREBY TO FORM A UNITARY CARTON HAVING A SIDE PANEL CONSTRUCTION OF DOUBLE WALL THICKNESS, WITH THE CLOSURE FLAPS WHEN THE SIDE PANEL SECTIONS ARE SO POSITIONED AND BONDED EXTENDING TO OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE DOUBLE WALL SIDE PANEL CONSTRUCTION TO PROVIDE WHEN FOLDED TOP AND BOTTOM CARTON SECTIONS, MEANS FOR CONNECTING THE THUS OVERLYING SIDE CONNECTING FLAPS TO THE SIDE PANELS REMOTE THEREFROM TO FORM A CARTON HAVING A GENERALLY RECTANGULAR SHAPED OPENING WHEN UNFOLDED, ADHESIVE MEANS CARRIED ON THE SURFACE OF CERTAIN OF SAID CLOSURE FLAPS IN A MANNER TO PROVIDE FACE-TO-FACE ADHESIVE BONDING OF THE RESPECTIVE CERTAIN CLOSURE FLAPS WHEN FOLDED ABOUT THEIR HINGED CONNECTIONS WITH THE SIDE PANEL SECTIONS, WITH THE CLOSURE FLAPS BEING CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED WHEN FOLDED TO PROVIDE A BOTTOM WALL OF TRIPLE THICKNESS AND A TOP WALL OF SIMILARLY TRIPLE THICKNESS, WITH THE ADHESIVE BONDING OF THE CLOSURE FLAPS THUS FORMING THE TOP AND BOTTOM WALL OF THE CARTON BEING THE ONLY MEANS FOR SEALING THE SAME AND RETAINING THE CARTON IN ITS THUS FOLDED CONDITION.