Patent ID: 8038003

Claim:
A heavy duty handle U-board comprising: a packaging container having a plurality of first strips formed of paper or paperboard material each having a first width and a plurality of second strips formed of paper or paper-board material, the second strips being reinforcing strips, the second strips each having a second width, the width of the second strips being less than the width of the first strips, the plurality of first strips and the plurality of second strips having a length, wherein each of the second strips is disposed in an alternating manner between two of the first strips, wherein the plurality of first strips and the plurality of second strips are laminated and molded into a rigid U-shape channel having a first side wall and a second side wall and a bottom wall, a first corner between the first sidewall and the bottom wall, and a second corner between the second side wall and the bottom wall, the corners being rounded, and wherein the first side wall and the second side wall are not foldable onto the bottom wall, the second strips extending across the base but not into the first and second corners; and two openings formed in overlapping portions of, and through the first strips and the second strips, in the bottom wall, the two openings configured to form two respective handles in the packaging container, wherein the second strips reinforce the openings.