Abstract: An open-bottomed storage battery container, made of paperboard material, for protecting components such as the terminals projecting from the top of the battery case from being pressed when batteries in the containers are stacked. The container has four walls and a flap extending from a horizontal score line on each wall. Two opposed flaps have multiple angular score lines to enable folding them into tapered beams that rest on the top of the battery case. The other two opposed flaps serve as container covers. Said other flaps each have an angular score line defining cover and tongue sections. The tongue sections interface at an angle when the covers are closed and their ends rest on top of the battery case to provide support in addition to that provided by the beams.