Receptacle

Claim 1

A BLANK FROM WHICH AN EXPANDABLE WASTE CONTAINER MAY BE FOLDED, COMPRISING, A GENERALLY RECTANGULAR SHEET HAVING A CENTRAL PANEL AREA, FIRST AND SECOND INTERMEDIATE PANEL SECTIONS FLANKING SAID CENTRAL PANEL AREA; SAID CENTRAL PANEL AREA PROVIDING ONE SIDE WALL OF THE CONTAINER, SAID EXTREME END PANEL SECTIONS ADAPTED TO BE JOINED TO PROVIDE A COMPOSITE SIDE WALL OPPOSITE SAID CENTRAL PANEL; SAID FIRST AND SECOND INTERMEDIATE PANEL SECTIONS EACH HAVING A CENTRAL FOLD CREASE DIVIDING THE PANEL INTO TWO SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL PLEATS; SAID BLANK HAVING A TOP EDGE DEFINED BY: A V NOTCH AT THE END OF THE SAID CENTRAL PANEL AREA WITH THE APEX OF THE V SUBSTANTIALLY CENTRAL OF THE PANEL; THE EDGE OF THE EXTREME PANEL SECTIONS SLOPING OUTWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY TO THEREBY JOINTLY DEFINE A V NOTCH OVER THE SAID COMPOSITE SIDE WALL WHEN JOINED; SAID INTERMEDIATE PANEL SECTION HAVING LONG V SHAPED FOLD LINES EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY TO AN APEX ON SAID CENTRAL FOLD CREASE; WHEREBY SAID BLANK MAY BE FOLDED BY JOINING THE SAID END PANEL SECTIONS, FOLDING SAID CREASE OF THE INTERMEDIATE PANELS INWARDLY UP TO THE SAID APEX OF SAID V; CREASING THE UPPER PORTION ABOVE THE APEX INTO A DOUBLE FOLD FIRST OUTWARDLY AND THEN DOUBLED BACK UPON ITSELF TO PROVIDE A TOP FOLD PORTION, THEREBY CAUSING SAID END AREAS OF THE TWO SIDE WALLS TO ALSO FOLD INWARDLY WITH THE SIDES OF THE V NOTCHED OVERLAPPED TO COMPLETE A FOLDED TOP COVER, SAID V FORM RESULTING IN CLOSED TOP WITH A CENTRAL TOP OPENING.