A method and an article of manufacture are disclosed for making a load bearing structural container with a reinforced wrap, substantially without using additional structural reinforcements. In various embodiments, a fiber reinforced polymer sheet may be used as the reinforced wrap to make the reinforced wrap container having detailed patterns and complex shapes embedded therein using a molding technique. Once the wrap is set and cured, the container holds its shape permanently. The container may include burial caskets and coffins, various shaped boxes, and cases for musical instrument, jewelry technical or medical equipment, guns, camera equipment, and the like. The Container may also be used as shipping packaging for the same types of equipment enumerated above.
