Patent ID: 8240547

Claim:
An octagonal container comprising: an main tubular portion having opposing open ends; a pair of octagonal shaped end covers configured to be received on the open ends so as to close the open ends; a rigid beam member extended between the pair of octagonal end covers along a side of the elongated tubular portion so as to provide a large central open area within the elongated tubular portion; and a rigid support member extended transversely from the rigid beam member into the large central open area within the elongated tubular portion; the main tubular portion and the pair of octagonal shaped end covers being formed together in one piece from a single sheet blank of foldable stock material; the rigid beam member being formed from a second sheet blank of foldable stock material separate from the single sheet blank of foldable stock material forming the main tubular portion and the pair of octagonal shaped end covers; the second sheet blank of foldable stock material forming the rigid beam member being part of a container insert, the second sheet blank of foldable stock material including a pair of mirror image end portions folded up and inward from opposite ends of the rigid beam to define longitudinal ends of the insert; and further comprising a third sheet blank of foldable stock material separate from the single sheet forming the container and the second sheet blank forming the rigid beam and longitudinal ends, the third sheet blank being connected with the longitudinal ends of the insert so as to hold the longitudinal ends in the folded condition.