Band saw packages

Claim 1

A BAND SAW PACKAGE COMPRISING A CLOSED CARTON AND A COIL OF BAND SAW WITHIN SAID CARTON TO BE DISPENSED FROM SAID CARTON AS REQUIRED, SAID CARTON COMPRISING INTEGRAL FRONT, BACK, TOP, BOTTOM AND OPPOSITE END WALL PORTION AND EXTENSIONS ATTACHED TO SAID TOP AND BOTTOM WALL PORTIONS, THE BACK WALL COMPRISING EXTENSIONS ATTACHED TO SAID RESPECTIVE END WALL PORTIONS AND FOLDED OVER SAID FIRST MENTIONED EXTENSIONS, SAID FIRST MENTIONED EXTENSIONS BEING FOLDED TOWARD EACH OTHER FROM SAID TOP AND BOTTOM WALLS RESPECTIVELY, SAID FRONT AND BACK WALLS BEING FORMED TO PROVIDE OPPOSED SLOTS EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM POINTS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY MIDWAY OF THE LENGTH OF SAID TOP WALL TO POINTS LYING SUBSTANTIALLY INWARDLY OF THE UPPER EDGES OF SAID FRONT AND BACK WALLS, SAID TOP WALL BEING FORMED TO PROVIDE A LIFTABLE TOP TAB TEMPORARILY CLOSING THE UPPER ENDS OF SAID SLOTS, SAID BACK WALL BEING FORMED TO PROVIDE TWO LIFTABLE BACK TABS ADJACENT THE RESPECTIVE EDGES OF THE SAID SLOT IN SAID BACK WALL, FILAMENTARY MEANS ENCIRCLING THE SAID COIL ADJACENT THE SAID SLOTS, THE RESPECTIVE ENDS OF SAID FILAMENTARY MEANS BEING DISPOSED BENEATH SAID RESPECTIVE BACK TABS AND OVER SAID FIRST MENTIONED EXTENSION ATTACHED TO SAID TOP WALL, SAID FILAMENTARY MEANS RESTRAINING SAID COIL FROM ROTATING AND UNCOILING, AND MEANS SECURING THE EXTENSIONS FORMING SAID BACK WALL TO SAID FIRST MENTIONED EXTENSIONS FOR MAINTAINING THE CARTON IN CLOSED CONDITION AND TEMPORARILY PREVENTING ACCESS TO THE ENDS OF SAID FILAMENTARY MEANS.