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Claim 1

AN IMPROVED, SIFT-RESISTANT, EASY-OPENING CONTAINER COMPRISING: (A) A CONTAINER BODY FORMED FROM SHEET MATERIAL TO DEFINE AN ENCLOSED VOLUME AND AN ELONGATED OPENING DEFINED BY CONTIGUOUS ABUTTING MARGINAL EDGE PORTIONS OF SAID SHEET MATERIAL; (B) A TEAR MEMBER IN REGISTRATION WITH SAID SLIT OPENING EXTENDING THE FULL LENGTH THEREOF AND EXTENDING BEYOND AT LEAST ONE END OF SAID OPENING; (C) A TAPE MEMBER FOLDED ABOUT SAID TEAR MEMBER AND ADHERED TO SAID MARGINAL EDGE PORTIONS AND TO ITSELF IN THE AREA BEYOND EACH END OF SAID ELONGATED OPENING; THE CONTIGUOUS ABUTTING MARGINAL EDGE PORTIONS DEFINING A CONTINUOUS SUPPORTING EDGE FOR THE TEAR MEMBER IN CONTACT WITH THE TEAR MEMBER THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF SAID EDGE, THE MARGINAL EDGE PORTIONS OF THE SHEET MATERIAL FILLING THE ENTIRE AREA BENEATH THE TAPE AND SUPPORTING THE INWARD SURFACES OF THE TAPE AWAY FROM ONE ANOTHER; (D) SAID TAPE MEMBER AND TEAR MEMBER BEING SEVERED BY A CUT WITHIN THE LIMITS OF SAID ELONGATED OPENING; (E) SAID CONTIGUOUS MARGINAL EDGE PORTIONS HAVING A FOLD SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID ELONGATED OPENING AND OUTSIDE THE LIMIT OF SAID CUT; (F) MEANS FOR REMOVABLY SECURING SAID FOLD; (G) AND FINELY DIVIDED MATERIAL WITHIN SAID CLOSED BODY.