Produce lug box with cored-out plastic end walls overlapped by side and bottom body wrapper

Claim 1

A lug box for holding produce and the like comprising: a pair of parallel and generally rectangular plastic end walls defining opposite ends of said box, each of said end walls being approximately 75 to 80 percent cored-out, having top, bottom and side edges, angled shoulders joining said edges and a plurality of paralle, horizontal and vertical ribs adjacent said bottom and side edges; a wrapper extending between and overlapping said bottom and side edges of said end walls and forming a bottom and sides for said box, said wrapper being formed by a plurality of layers of wood filler and a veneer of kraft paper adhesively joined to said wood filler; a plurality of nails driven through said wrapper and into said ribs, said nails being substantially perpendicular to said ribs and securing said wrapper to said end walls; and a generally rectangular cover forming a top for said box, said cover being relatively stiff but bendable along two pairs of convergent score lines, said score lines defining downwardly bent triangular outside portions having dependent tabs, and said end walls defining pockets in which said tabs are received.