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Claim 1

A CARTON COMPRISING SPACED PARALLEL VERTICAL FRONT AND REAR WALLS AND SPACED PARALLEL SIDE WALLS, A CLOSURE FLAP OF WIDTH SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE WIDTH OF SAID FRONT AND REAR WALLS AND SECURED AT ONE EDGE TO THE UPPER EDGE OF ONE OF SAID WALLS, A SECOND CLOSURE FLAP SECURED TO THE UPPER EDGE OF THE OTHER OF SAID WALLS, THE FREE EDGE OF SAID OTHER CLOSURE FLAP HAVING A LOCKING TONGUE, SAID FIRST CLOSURE FLAP HAVING AN OPENING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE SAID LOCKING TONGUE RELEASABLY TO RETAIN THE UPPER END OF THE CARTON IN CLOSED POSITION, ONE OF SAID FRONT AND REAR WALLS HAVING A RECTANGULAR OPENING ADJACENT THE LOWER EDGE THEREOF, A RECTANGULAR FLAP SECURED TO THE LOWER EDGE OF SAID OPENING AND EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY WITH RESPECT TO THE LENGTH OF THE CARTON SO AS TO EXTEND AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS THEREOF, SAID FLAP BEING OF DIMENSION SUBSTANTIALLY CORRESPONDING TO THE INTERNAL DIMENSIONS OF SAID CARTON AND DEFINING THE FLOOR THEREOF AND A SECOND FLAP EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM THE OTHER WALL OF THE CARTON AND ADAPTED TO SUPPORT THE FREE EDGE OF SAID FIRST FLAP, EACH OF THE SIDE WALLS OF SAID CARTON AT THEIR UPPER EDGES HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY U-SHAPED NOTCHES THEREIN, THE OUTER EDGES OF ONE OF THE FRONT AND REAR WALLS HAVING A RETAINING FLAP AND THE OUTER EDGE OF THE ASSOCIATED SIDE PANEL BEING ADAPTED TO SEAT AGAINST SUCH RETAINING FLAP, ADHESIVE MEANS BEING PROVIDED SECURELY TO RETAIN SAID SIDE WALL EDGE AND SAID RETAINING FLAP TOGETHER TO RETAIN THE CARTON IN ASSEMBLED RELATION.