Cartons having contoured molded pulp walls

Claim 1

A CONTAINER FOR FIRMLY HOLDING A PLURALITY OF SIMILAR ARTICLES IN SPACED ARRAY COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF WALL PANELS JOINED TOGETHER AT THEIR EDGES TO FORM A CONTINUOUS SURROUNDING SIDE WALL, FLAP MEANS HINGED TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF AT LEAST SOME OF THE SIDE WALL PANELS ADAPTED TO BE FOLDED INWARDLY TO A POSITION GENERALLY NORMAL TO THE SIDE WALL, THE FLAP MEANS WHEN FOLDED INWARDLY EXTENDING SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN ONE-HALF THE DISTANCE TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE CONTAINER, A PAIR OF WALL PANELS FORMED OF HEAVY-DUTY MOLDED PULP, ONE ESSENTIALLY SPANNING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE SIDE WALLS AT THEIR TOPS AND THE OTHER ESSENTIALLY SPANNING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE SIDE WALLS AT THEIR BOTTOMS, A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE AREA OF BOTH THE TOP AND THE BOTTOM OF THE CONTAINER BEING CLOSED ONLY BY THE MOLDED PULP WALL PANELS, ARTICLE POCKET MEANS INTEGRALLY MOLEDE IN THE PULP WALL PANELS TO RESTRAIN LATERAL SHIFTING OF ARTICLES WITHIN THE CONTAINER, THE VERTICAL DISTANCE BETWEEN THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE POCKET MEANS OF THE TOP WALL PANEL AND THE LOWER SURFACE OF THE POCKET MEANS OF THE BOTTOM WALL PANEL BEING EQUAL TO THE VERTICAL DISTANCE BETWEEN THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE TOP FLAP MEANS AND THE LOWER SURFACE OF THE BOTTOM FLAP MEANS, AND THE PULP WALL PANELS BEING SECURED NEAR THEIR EDGES TO AT LEAST SOME OF THE FLAP MEANS.