Abstract: A packing container for lengthy articles in which U-shaped base and cover units, formed from laminated paperboard, are arranged so that the sidewalls of the base unit fit within the sidewalls of the cover unit when the two are assembled. End caps close off the open ends of the container when the base unit and the cover unit area assembled.

Abstract: A paper-product shelving construction composed of a single-piece paper-product shroud and a shelving assembly, fitted within the shroud, and formed from paper-product components. The shelving assembly includes a plurality of fluted shelf members extending between a pair of support walls. The shroud includes a back wall, two sidewalls and an open front face. A pair of flaps folded from the tops of the front face and the back wall each have a locking flap which is folded downward into aligned slots formed by two pairs of side flaps folded from the tops of the two sidewalls.

Abstract: Cornerboard protector comprises laminated cardboard or paperboard with embedded reinforcement strip, which is bent at a right angle along its length, the reinforcement strip being embedded only in the unbent portion of the strip. A V-cut in the bent portion and extending into the unbent portion with its apex terminated just short of the reinforcement strip provides a mitered corner about which the laminate is folded to form a neat and strong corner protector.