Folded paperboard containers

Claim 1

A FOLDED CONTAINER COMPRISING A BOTTOM SECTION HAVING TRANSVERSE FOLD LINES SPACED FROM THE FRONT AND REAR THEREOF DEFINING A CENTER PANEL, AND FRONT AND REAR TRANSVERSE END PORTIONS FOLDABLE UPWARDLY TO AN INCLINED POSITION AT A RELATIVELY FLAT OBTUSE ANGLE TO SAID CENTER PANEL; LONGITUDINAL FOLD LINES EXTENDING ACROSS THE CENTER PANEL IN PERPENDICULAR RELATION TO SAID TRANSVERSE FOLD LINES, ANGULARLY DISPOSED FOLD LINES EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM THE ENDS OF SAID LONGITUDINAL FOLD LINES AND TERMINATING AT THE ENDS OF THE TRANSVERSE FRONT AND REAR PORTIONS; THE SIDE EDGES OF THE BOTTOM SECTION INCLUDING OUTWARDLY INCLINED FRONT AND REAR PORTIONS EXTENDING FROM THE ENDS OF THE TRANSVERSE FRONT AND REAR PORTIONS TO THE ENDS OF THE ADJACENT TRANSVERSE FOLD LINES AND A CENTRAL PORTION PARALLEL TO THE LONGITUDINAL FOLD LINES EXTENDING ACROSS THE CENTER PANEL, TO FORM SIDE PORTIONS WHEN FOLDED UPWARDLY ALONG SAID LONGITUDINAL AND SAID ANGULARLY DISPOSED FOLD LINES CIRCUMFLEXED AND PROVIDING A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT VERTICAL TOP EDGE, AND A TOP SECTION INTEGRAL WITH SAID BOTTOM SECTION AND EXTENDING OPPOSITELY FROM THE OUTER END EDGE OF SAID REAR TRANSVERSE PORTION, SAID TOP SECTION HAVING TRANSVERSE FOLD LINES SPACED FROM THE FRONT AND REAR THEREOF DEFINING A CENTER PANEL, AND FRONT AND REAR TRANSVERSE END PORTIONS FOLDABLE DOWNWARDLY TO AN INCLINED POSITION AT A RELATIVELY FLAT OBTUSE ANGLE TO SAID CENTER PANEL; LONGITUDINAL FOLD LINES EXTENDING ACROSS THE CENTER PANEL IN PERPENDICULAR RELATION TO SAID TRANSVERSE FOLD LINES, ANGULARLY DISPOSED FOLD LINES EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM THE ENDS OF SAID LONGITUDINAL FOLD LINES AND TERMINATING AT THE ENDS OF THE TRANSVERSE FRONT AND REAR PORTIONS; THE SIDE EDGES OF THE TOP SECTION INCLUDING OUTWARDLY INCLINED FRONT AND REAR PORTIONS EXTENDING FROM THE ENDS OF THE TRANSVERSE FRONT AND REAR PORTIONS TO THE ENDS OF THE ADJACENT TRANSVERSE FOLD LINES AND A CENTRAL PORTION PARALLEL TO THE LONGITUDINAL FOLD LINES EXTENDING ACROSS THE CENTER PANEL, TO FORM SIDE PORTIONS WHEN FOLDED DOWNWARDLY ALONG SAID LONGITUDINAL AND SAID ANGULARLY DISPOSED FOLD LINES CIRCUMFLEXED AND PROVIDING A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT VERTICAL BOTTOM EDGE, THE SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT VERTICAL TOP AND BOTTOM CIRCUMFLEXED SIDE PORTION TOP EDGES ABUTTING TO FORM A CLOSED CONTAINER HAVING SPACED PARALLEL CENTER PANELS AND INCLINED TAPERED FRONT AND REAR TRANSVERSE END PORTIONS, SAID TOP SECTION HAVING A FLAP EXTENSION INTEGRAL WITH THE TRANSVERSE EDGE OF THE FRONT PORTION THEREOF AND EXTENDING FROM A TRANSVERSE FOLD LINE PARALLEL TO THE FIRST TRANSVERSE FOLD LINE DEFINING SAID TOP SECTION THE SIDE EDGES OF SAID FLAP EXTENSION BEING INCLINED INWARDLY AND FORMING A CONTINUATION OF THE INCLINED EDGES OF THE SIDE PORTIONS OF THE FRONT TRANSVERSE END PORTIONS THEREOF, AND OPPOSINGLY INCLINED SIDE SLITS IN THE FRONT TRANSVERSE END PORTION OF THE BOTTOM SECTION TO RECEIVE THE CORNERS OF THE SIDE EDGES OF THE FLAP EXTENSION.