Patent ID: 8292080

Claim:
A shipping carton comprising: a bottom, first and second side walls and first and second end walls extending vertically from the bottom, and a top coupled to the first and second side and end walls, wherein the top and bottom include first and second side flaps coupled to the first and second side walls and first and second end flaps coupled to the first and second end walls, and wherein one or more of the first and second end flaps of the top include a integrally formed cushion support having an elongate body with a triangular cross-sectional shape; wherein the body of the cushion support is defined by a vertical wall extending away from the face of the end flap and an inclined wall extending from the end of the vertical wall towards the face of the end flap; one or more locking tabs extending from the end of the inclined wall and engaging one or more slots formed in the end flap; and a locking member extending away from the face of the end flap in the same direction as the vertical wall of the body of the cushion support, wherein the one or more slots are formed in the locking member adjacent the face of the end flap.