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A one-piece stackable shipping container with integral dunnage has a bottom, two pairs of opposite side walls, and a pair of cushioning parts. One pair of opposite side walls and the pair of cushioning parts integral therewith are made up by folding a first pair of pieces extending from one pair of

A one-piece stackable shipping container with integral dunnage has a bottom, two pairs of opposite side walls, and a pair of cushioning parts. One pair of opposite side walls and the pair of cushioning parts integral therewith are made up by folding a first pair of pieces extending from one pair of opposite edges of the bottom. Another pair of opposite side walls and strips forming flaps to fasten the container are provided by folding a second pair of pieces extending from another pair of opposite edges of the bottom. Folding the first pair of pieces into a geometrical body, as well as fastening the container with the strips imparts the necessary stiffness to the container structure as a whole. Disclosed also is a method of making the container providing die cutting a container integral blank out of a sheet of a foldable material to form the bottom and the two pairs of pieces extending from the two pairs of opposite edges of the bottom and folding these pieces to form the two pairs of opposite side walls and the cushioning parts.

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A one-piece stackable shipping container with integral dunnage comprising: a bottom, two pairs of side walls, and at least a pair of cushioning parts, said bottom being defined by two pairs of opposite edges thereof and having two pairs of pieces extending beyond respective pairs of said opposite ed

A one-piece stackable shipping container with integral dunnage comprising: a bottom, two pairs of side walls, and at least a pair of cushioning parts, said bottom being defined by two pairs of opposite edges thereof and having two pairs of pieces extending beyond respective pairs of said opposite edges, said two pairs of pieces comprising a first pair of said pieces being of one form, and a second pair of said pieces being of another form, said two pairs of side walls comprising a first pair of opposite side walls and a second pair of opposite side walls formed by folding each piece of said first pair of pieces to make up a side wall of said first pair of opposite side walls and a cushioning part of said at least a pair of cushioning parts integral therewith and by golding each piece of said second pair of pieces to make up a side wall of said second pair of opposite side walls, and each said piece of said second pair of pieces comprising a strip adapted when formed to fasten and partially cover said container, each of said pieces of said second pair of pieces being provided with side wings to provide, when folded, an additional strengthening layer of said first pair of opposite side walls, each piece of said first pair of pieces, when folded into a body comprising said side wall of said first pair of opposite side walls in an assemblage with said cushioning part, having a geometrical form in cross-section parallel to said second pair of opposite side walls, and a top surface of each of said body being made with slots, said side wings are made with notches, and said strips are made with tongues received in said notches through said slots. A stack comprising one-piece shipping contains, with a cover put on the uppermost of said containers, each of said containers comprising: a bottom, side walls, and cushioning parts, said bottom being defined by two pairs of opposite edges thereof and being provided with two pairs of pieces extending beyond respective pairs of said opposite edges, said two pairs of pieces comprising a first pair of said pieces being of one form, and a second pair of said pieces being of another form, said two pairs of side walls comprising a first pair of opposite side walls and a second pair of opposite side walls and being formed by folding said first pair of said pieces to form said first pair of side walls and said cushioning parts and by folding said second pair of said pieces to form said first and said second pairs of said side walls, each of said pieces of said second pair of pieces is provided with side wings to provide, when folded, an additional strengthening layer of said first pair of opposite side walls, each piece of said first pair of pieces, when folded into a body comprising said side wall of said first pair of opposite side walls in an assemblage with said cushioning part, having a geometrical form in cross-section parallel to said second pair of opposite side walls, and said second pair of said pieces comprising strips forming flaps when folded to fasten and partially cover said container, a top surface of each said body being made with slots, said side wings are made with notches and said strips are made with tongues received in said notches through said slots, and top and bottom edges of said first pair of opposite said walls being made with tongues and slots, to allow said containers to be fastened with each other when being stacked. A method of making a one-piece stackable shipping container with integral dunnage comprising the steps of: providing a sheet of a foldable material, die cutting a container integral blank out of said sheet of said material, to form: a quadrilateral bottom of said container and two pairs of pieces extending beyond edges of said quadrilateral bottom, borders between said edges and said pieces being made nicked, each piece of a second of said two pairs being made having a central part with a bottom edge thereof coinciding with one of said edges of said quadrilateral bottom of said container said bottom, two identical side wings, each with top and bottom edges and a side edge, and a strip adjacent to a top edge of said piece, said central part bottom edge being made with two slots therein, said central part being made with a centrally located cutout, each of said wings having a notch in said top edge thereof and tongues on distant ends of said top and bottom edges, said strip having symmetrical tongues on side edges thereof, and symmetrical cutouts being made on edges of a border between said central part and said strip, each piece of a first of said two pairs being made having a first, a second, a third, and a fourth successive bands parallel to each other and to a respective edge of said edges of said quadrilateral bottom beyond which said piece is extended, a first border between said quadrilateral bottom and said first band being made with a centrally located slot and two cuts, forming tongues when being folded, on the edges of said first border, a second border between said first band and said second band being made with a centrally located cut, forming a tongue when folded, and two slots on the edges of said second border, said second and said third bands being made with cutouts running therethrough for receiving parts to be shipped in said container, said third and said fourth bands being made shorter than said first and second bands, and said fourth band being made with side tongues, folding said central part of said pieces of said second pair of pieces to provide a second pair of opposite side walls, folding said side wings of said pieces of said second pair of pieces to provide an additional strengthening layer of a first pair of opposite side walls, said side wing bottom edge tongues being received in said first border centrally located slots, folding said pieces of said first pair of pieces to provide said first pair of opposite side walls and cushioning parts, with said fourth band side tongues being received in said central part bottom edge slots, said side wing top edge tongues being received in said second border slots, and edges of said second band being received in said cutouts on said edges of said border between said central part and said strip, and folding said strips to fasten said container, with said strip side tongues being received through said second border slots into said side wing notches. A one-piece stackable shipping container with integral dunnage comprising: a bottom, two pairs of side walls, and cushioning parts, said bottom being defined by two pairs of opposite edges thereof and having a first and a second pairs of pieces extending beyond respective pairs of said opposite edges, each piece of said first and said second pairs of pieces comprising a first strip defining, when folded, a respective side wall of said two pairs of side walls, and a second strip adapted when folded to fasten and partially cover said container, said first strip of said first pair of pieces being provided with side flaps with shoulders on side edges thereof to be received into slots being made along a line between an edge of said pair of opposite bottom edges and said first strip of said second pair of pieces, said second strip of said second pair of pieces being provided with flaps on edges thereof to be received into slots being made along a line between said first and said second strips of said first pair of pieces, each of said cushioning parts being made of a creased part with a fixing lobe forced in an opening made in said creased part, said creased part being formed by means of cutting the same through said bottom and creasing said cut part, and said fixing lobe being made by cutting the same through said bottom adjacent to said creased part, dimensions of said opening being less than those of said lobe and the height of said cushioning part not exceeding the height of said walls.