Self-sealing container

Claim 1

A SELF-SEALING CONTAINER WHICH IS BOTH COLLAPSIBLE AND STACKABLE COMPRISING OPPOSED SIDE AND END PANELS HINGEDLY CONNECTED TOGETHER TO DEFINE A QUADRILATERAL CLOSED FIGURE, SAID SIDE PANELS BEING LONGER THAN SAID END PANELS, CLOSURE FLAPS EXTENDING FROM AND HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO THE EDGE OF EACH OF SAID SIDE AND END PANELS, SAID FLAPS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY COEXTENSIVE IN LENGTH WITH RESPECT TO THEIR CONNECTED PANEL, THE FLAPS HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO SAID END PANELS HAVING A WIDTH NO GREATER THAN ONE-HALF THE LENGTH OF SAID SIDE PANELS, AND THE FLAPS HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO SAID SIDE PANELS HAVING A WIDTH NO GREATER THAN ONE-HALF THE LENGTH OF SAID END PANELS, SAID FLAPS IN THE COLLAPSED POSITION OF THE CONTAINER BEING DISPOSED IN FACE TO FACE CONTACTING RELATIONSHIP WHEREBY THE DIAGONALLY OPPOSED END PORTIONS OF THE RESPECTIVE SIDE PANEL FLAPS ARE DISPOSED IN OVERLAPPING RELATIONSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER IN THE COLLAPSED POSITION OF SAID CONTAINER, AND A COATING OF PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE APPLIED TO A SURFACE PORTION OF ALL OF SAID FLAPS, SAID END PANEL FLAPS HAVING AN OUTER SURFACE PORTION COATED WITH SAID ADHESIVE, AND SAID OVERLAPPING DIAGONALLY OPPOSED END PORTIONS EACH HAVING AN ADHESIVE COATED PORTION AND AN UNCOATED PORTION WHEREBY THE COATED AND UNCOATED PORTION OF ONE OF SAID OVERLAPPING END PORTIONS CONTACT IN FACE TO FACE RELATIONSHIP THE UNCOATED AND COATED PORTIONS RESPECTIVELY OF SAID OTHER OF SAID OVERLAPPING END PORTIONS IN THE COLLAPSED POSITION OF SAID CONTAINER, AND SAID COATED AND UNCOATED PORTION OF THE RESPECTIVE OVERLAPPED END PORTION BEING DEFINED BY A DIAGONAL LINE EXTENDING FORM A CORNER DEFINED BY THE LONGITUDINAL HINGED EDGE AND THE ADJACENT END EDGE OF THE RESPECTIVE OVERLAPPED END PORTIONS OF SAID SIDE FLAPS TO A POINT LOCATED ON THE OTHER LONGITUDINAL EDGE PORTION OF THE RESPECTIVE OVERLAPPING PORTION WHEREBY SAID SECOND MENTIONED POINT IS SPACED FROM THE RESPECTIVE END EDGE OF THE FLAP A DISTANCE NOT GREATER THAN THE WIDTH OF THE ADJACENT END PANEL FLAP.