Hexagonal cartons

Claim 1

A COLLAPSIBLE CARTON OF HEXAGONAL PRISMATIC FORM, COMPRISING A SERIES OF SIX RECTANGULAR WALL PANELS HINGEDLY CONNECTED ALONG VERTICAL SCORE LINES WITH THE TERMINAL EDGES OF SAID SERIES SECURED TOGETHER TO FORM AN ESSENTIALLY TUBULAR WALL STRUCTURE WHEN ERECTED; A COLLAPSIBLE END STRUCTUR FOR THE CARTON COMPOSED OF SIX COOPERATING FLAPS, ONE FLAP HINGEDLY CONNECTED WITH AN END EDGE OF EACH OF SAID WALL PANELS; THE TWO FLAPS EXTENDING FROM ONE PAIR OF OPPOSITELY DISPOSED WALL PANELS SECURED TOGETHER TO FORM A CONTINUOUS AND PERMANENT STRAP BRIDGING THE END OF THE CARTON AND RESISTING SEPARATION OF SAID PAIR OF WALL PANELS BEYOND THEIR POSITIONS FOR HEXAGONAL CONFIGURATION OF THE CARTON; THE FLAPS OF EACH PAIR OF FLAPS WHICH EXTEND FROM AND ARE HINGED TO ADJACENT WALL PANELS UPON EITHER SIDE OF SAID FIRST-NAMED OPPOSITELY DISPOSED WALL PANELS, BEING HINGEDLY SECURED TOGETHER TO PROVIDE COLLAPSIBLE TENT-LIKE STRUCTURES AT OPPOSITE ANGULAR SIDES OF THE CARTON, THE TWO SAID PAIRS OF ADJACENT CONNECTED FLAPS AND THE PAIR OF OPPOSITELY CONNECTED FLAPS, WHEN FLATTENED TO LIE AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE SEVERAL WALL PANELS CONSTITUTING THE END WALL STRUCTURE OF THE ERECTED CARTON; AND TONGUES EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM THE TENT-LIKE STRUCTURES IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS TOWARD THE OPPOSITE TENT-LIKE STRUCTURE AND ENGAGING WITH THE OPPOSITE TENT-LIKE STRUCTURES TO PROVIDE AN INTERLOCKING CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TENT-LIKE STRUCTURES AND TO PREVENT THE VARIOUS FLAPS FORMING SAID CARTON END STRUCTURE FROM BUCKLING OUTWARDLY BEYOND THE TRANSVERSE PLANE OF THE END STRUCTURE OF THE CARTON.