Shipping container

A combination pallet/shipping container comprising:

• a. a wooden pallet;
• b. an octagonal paperboard shipping container positioned on top of said pallet,
• 1. said container having formed on one end thereof a plurality of bottom flaps,
• 2. said container also having secured on the interior thereof a laminated inner paperboard liner;
• c. a rectangular flat paperboard sheet having edges and corner portions and positioned between said pallet and said octagonal container for forming the bottom of said container, the corner portions of said flat sheet being exposed on the outside of said container;
• 1. every other one of said flaps being folded inwardly into the interior of said container and on top of said flat sheet;
• 2. the remaining ones of said flaps being folded inwardly over the edges of said sheet and lying underneath said flat sheet between said pallet and said flat sheet;
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• d. a plurality of staples positioned in the exposed corner portions of said flat sheet and into said pallet to rigidly secure said container to said pallet.

A combination pallet/shipping container comprising:

• a. a pallet;
• b. a shipping container positioned on top of said pallet;
• 1. said container including at least one outer liner and at least one inner liner fixedly attached to said outer liner;
• 2. at least one of said liners having formed thereon, on one end thereof, a plurality of flaps;
• c. a flat sheet having edges and corner portions and positioned between said pallet and said container for forming the bottom of said container, the corner portions of said flat sheet being exposed on the outside of said container;
• 1. at least two of said flaps being folded inwardly into the interior of said container and lying on top of said flat sheet;
• 2. the remaining ones of said flaps being folded inwardly over the edges of said flat sheet to lie between said pallet and said flat sheet;
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• d. means for fastening the exposed corner portions of said flat sheet to said pallet.

A shipping container adapted for use with a pallet or the like comprising:

• a. at least one paperboard liner formed in an octagonal shape and having formed on one end thereof a plurality of flaps;
• b. a flat sheet having edges and corner portions and positioned at the end of said liner which has the plurality of flaps thereon;
• 1. alternate ones of said flaps being folded inwardly into the interior of said container and lying in juxtaposition to one side of said flat sheet;
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• 2. the remaining ones of said flaps being folded inwardly over the edges of said flat sheet to lie in juxtaposition to the other side of said flat sheet;
• c. the corner portions of said flat sheet adjacent said alternate ones of said flaps being exposed on the outside of the shipping container so that the shipping container may be easily fixed to the pallet.