Patent ID: 8474686

Claim:
A shipping container, comprising: a box having a top wall, a bottom wall, a first pair of opposite side walls and a second pair of opposite side walls defining a cavity for receiving one or more articles placed therein; a hand hole formed in each of the first pair of side walls; and a liner having a first pair of opposite side walls and a second pair of opposite side walls disposed within the cavity of the box and having a top peripheral edge and a bottom peripheral edge, wherein the first pair of side walls of the liner generally abuts the first pair of side walls of the box and the second pair of side walls of the liner generally abuts the second pair of side walls of the box, and further wherein the liner is disposed within the cavity of the box with the top peripheral edge on each of the first pair of side walls of the liner extending between the second pair of side walls of the liner and being disposed beneath each of the hand holes along the entire length of the top peripheral edge between the second pair of side walls of the liner; at least one cross-piece having a top edge and a bottom edge disposed within the cavity of the box and being configured to separate at least two articles placed therein, the top edge of the at least one cross-piece being disposed beneath each of the hand holes; and a top sheet disposed within the cavity of the box and located above the hand holes, the top sheet contacting an upper portion of an article when the article is placed within the cavity with the top peripheral edge of the liner and the top edge of the at least one cross-piece being spaced from the top sheet.