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Claim 1

THE COMBINATION OF A CARTON OF FORM-RETAINING PAPERBOARD STOCK HAVING OVERLAPPING CLOSURE FLAPS ON ONE END THEREOF HINGEDLY CONNECTED ITS WALLS, A WRAPPER OF FLEXIBLE FOLDABLE SHEET MATERIAL SUPPORTEDLY WRAPPED AROUND SAID CARTON WITH SAID CLOSURE FLAPS THEREOF IN CLOSED POSITION AND HAVING OVERLAPPING ADHESIVELY CONNECTED END FLAPS OVERLYING SAID END CLOSURE FLAPS OF SAID CARTON, AND A WRAPPER OPENING MEMBER OF FORM-RETAINING PAPERBOARD STOCK RETAININGLY DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID CLOSURE FLAPS OF SAID CARTON AND SAID CLOSURE FLAPS OF SAID WRAPPER AND DIMENSIONED TO BE FITTINGLY RETAINED THEREBETWEEN, SAID OPENING MEMBER HAVING CENTRALLY DISPOSED LATERALLY SPACED PARALLEL FRACTURING ZONES EXTENDING FROM END TO END THEREOF AND HAVING V-SHAPED NOTCHES IN ONE END, THE INNER ENDS OF THE NOTCHES BEING SUBSTANTIALLY ALIGNED WITH SAID FRACTURING ZONES, THE PORTION OF SAID OPENING MEMBER BETWEEN SAID NOTCHES CONSTITUTING A FINGERPIECE WHICH PROJECTS FROM THE SAID END FLAPS OF SAID WRAPPER FOR GRASPING BUT DOES NOT PROJECT OUTWARDLY FROM THE SIDE WALL OF THE CARTON, SAID WRAPPER HAVING AN END FLAP PORTION DISPOSED UNDER SAID OPENING MEMBER AT THE END THEREOF HAVING THE FINGERPIECE.