Egg carton

Claim 1

A MOLDED EGG CARTON COMPRISING END WALLS, SIDE WALLS AND A BOTTOM PORTION, A PLURALITY OF SPACED-APART EGG SUPPORTING POSTS EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM THE BOTTOM PORTION AND POSITIONED TO DEFINE INDIVIDUAL EGG RECEIVING POCKETS WITHIN SAID CARTON, SAID SUPPORTING POSTS INCLUDING INWARDLY EXTENDING HALF POSTS POSITIONED ALONG THE SIDE AND END WALLS OF THE CARTON, SAID END AND SIDE WALLS EXTENDING TO SUCH A HEIGHT ABOVE THE BOTTOM PORTION THAT THE TOP EDGES OF SAID WALLS EXTEND TO AT LEAST THE TOP ENDS OF EGGS WHEN POSITIONED WITHIN SAID EGG RECEIVING POCKETS, A COVER MEMBER FOR SAID CARTON, SAID COVER MEMBER INCLUDING A TOP PORTION OF SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME DIMENSIONS OUTLINED BY THE TOP EDGES OF SAID END AND SIDE WALLS AND A DOWNWARDLY AND INWARDLY DEPENDING SKIRT EXTENDING FROM EACH OF TWO OPPOSITE EDGES OF SAID TOP PORTION, EACH SAID SKIRT BEING SEALED, ON INITIAL CARTON CLOSURE, TO ITS ADJACENT CARTON WALL AT POINTS LYING BETWEEN SAID HALF POSTS AND TERMINATING AT A POINT ABOVE SAID BOTTOM PORTION AT A POSITION OVERLYING AT LEAST THE UPPER ENDS OF ADJACENT HALF POSTS WHEREBY THE SEAL OF ONE OF SAID SKIRTS MAY BE BROKEN FOR CARTON OPENING BY FINGERTIP PRESSURE ON INSERTION INTO ADJACENT HALF POSTS UNDERNEATH THE EDGE OF SAID SEALED SKIRT.