Abstract: A container having automatic locking closure and a central divider provided with a handle to allow easy carrying and which also allows overlapping side panels to increase the stacking strength of the container. The central divider also has a lower edge in the container to allow the automatic locking closure to extend into the container when the container is flat.

Abstract: In containers for packaging articles such as chairs there has been a problem of the container bulging under compression. These containers have a body portion and a neck portion above the body of the container. The present invention uses a two-piece construction to form the container. The first piece is a front section which has a front wall and two generally L-shaped side walls with closure flaps attached to these walls. Each of the side walls has a neck portion adjacent the rear edge of the wall. The second piece is a back section which has a back panel attached to the side walls along the rear edges by securing flaps; a neck top panel covering the top of the neck portion and secured to the side walls by securing flaps; a neck front panel covering the front of the neck portion and secured to the side walls by securing flaps; and a front securing flap secured to the closure flaps.