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Claim 1

A CARTON BLANK SYMMETRICALLY ARRANGED ON A LONGITUDINAL AXIS AND HAVING A LENGTH AS TAKEN ALONG SAID AXIS AND WIDTH AS TAKEN LATERALLY THEREOF, PARALLEL SCORE LINES FORMED ON SAID BLANK IN PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP TO SAID AXIS DEFINING FRIST TO FIFTH CONSECUTIVE HINGEDLY CONNECTED PANELS HAVING FIRST TO FIFTH PAIRS OF FLAPS HINGEDLY CONNECTED AT SAID SCORE LINES THERETO, RESPECTIVELY SAID FLAPS HAVING WIDTHS ARRANGED TO EXTEND LATERALLY RELATIVE TO SAID AXIS, THE FIRST OF SAID PANELS AND SAID FIRST FLAPS THEREOF HAVING A LATERALLY EXTENDING TEAR STRIP FORMED THEREIN FOR DIVISION THEREOF INTO A FIRST PORTION ADJACENT THE SECOND OF SAID PANELS AND A SECOND PORTION, SLITS FORMED IN SAID SECOND PORTION AND ARRANGED COINCIDENT WITH SAID SCORE LINES AND TERMINATING AT SAID TEAR STRIP, SAID SECOND FLAPS HAVING LATERALLY EXTENDING WIDTHS SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE LENGTH OF THE FIRST PORTION OF SAID FIRST PANEL AND FIRST FLAPS AND HAVING EDGE PORTIONS FORMING A SUBSTANTIALLY V-SHAPED CONFIGURATION, ONE OF SAID EDGE PORTIONS OPPOSING SAID FIRST FLAPS AND ARRANGED TO EXTEND FROM AND FORMING AN ANGLE OF APPROXIMATELY 60* RELATIVE TO THE SCORE LINE WHICH CONNECTES THE SECOND FLAPS TO SAID SECOND PANEL, THE THIRD FLAPS ARRANGED IN DISCONNECTED RELATIONSHIP RELATIVE TO THE SECOND AND FOURTH FLAPS AND HAVING A DISCONNECTABLE TAB FORMED THEREON HAVING A LENGTH SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE LATERAL WIDTH OF SAID SECOND FLAP, SAID TAB BEING BOUNDED BY A PERFORATED TEAR LINE EXTENDING FROM AND AT AN ANGLE APPROXIMATELY 45* RELATIVE TO THE SCORE LINE WHICH CONNECTS THE THIRD FLAPS TO THE THIRD PANEL AND A LATERALLY EXTENDING SLIT, SAID FORUTH FLAPS ARRANGED IN DISCONNECTED RELATIONSHIP RELATIVE TO SAID FIFTH FLAPS AND HAVING LATERAL WIDTHS SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE LENGTH OF SAID THIRD PANEL AND FURTHER HAVING LENGTHS SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE WIDTH THEREOF, SAID FIFTH FLAPS HAVING V-SHAPED CUTOUT PORTIONS ARRANGED ADJACENT AN OUTER EDGE OF SAID FIFTH PANEL AND FORMED BY EDGE PORTIONS CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED TO SUBSTANTIALLY CONFORM TO THE V-SHAPED CONFIGURATION OF THE EDGE PORTIONS OF SAID SECOND FLAPS, SAID THIRD AND FIFTH FLAPS HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL LATERALLY EXTENDING WIDTHS, THE TOTAL OF WHICH IS NO GREATER THAN THE LENGTH OF SAID FOURTH FLAP.