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A SWAB PACKAGE IN COMBINATION WITH A SERIES OF SWABS COMPRISING ELONGATED SHAFTS HAVING WADS OF ABSORBENT MATERIAL ENCLOSING OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF, THE PACKAGE INCLUDING: A CARTON INCLUDING A BOTTOM PANEL, FRONT, REAR, AND SIDE WALL PANELS SECURED TO SAID BOTTOM PANEL AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY THEREFROM, A COVER PANEL HINGED TO THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID REAR PANEL, SUBSTANTIALLY TRAPEZOIDAL SIDE WALL FLAPS HINGED TO THE UPPER EDGES OF SAID SIDE WALLS AND TERMINATING SHORT OF SAID FRONT WALL PANEL A DISTANCE SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN THE DIAMETER OF THE ENDS OF SAID SWABS, SAID SIDE WALL FLAPS BEING RELATIVELY WIDE AT THEIR REAR EDGE AND NARROW AT THEIR FORWARD EDGES, AND THE ENDS OF THE SIDE WALL FLAPS TERMINATING IN SPACED RELATION TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE INTERIOR OF THE CARTON BETWEEN THE ENDS OF SAID FLAPS WHEN SAID FLAPS ARE IN A COMMON PLANE, CORNER FLAPS HINGED TO THE FRONT AND REAR WALL PANELS AND SECURED IN FACE CONTACT WITH THE INNER SURFACES OF SAID SIDE WALLS, THE ENDS OF THE CORNER FLAPS SECURED TO THE FRONT WALL PANEL BEING SPACED FROM THE ENDS OF THE CORNER FLAPS SECURED TO THE REAR WALL PANEL, THE ENDS OF THE CORNER FLAPS FORMING ABUTMENTS AGAINST WHICH THE ENDS OF THE SWABS MAY ENGAGE, A SERIES OF SUPERPOSED LAYERS OF SWABS RESTING ON SAID BOTTOM PANEL WITH THEIR SHAFTS PARALLEL TO THE FRONT AND REAR WALL PANELS, EACH LAYER BEING SEPARATED FROM THE REST BY A LAYER SHEET WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY THE SIZE OF THE BOTTOM PANEL, AND EACH LAYER CONTAINING A ROW OF PARALLEL SWABS SUPPORTED BY THEIR OPPOSED ENDS AND EXTENDING FROM ONE SIDE WALL TO THE OTHER, WHEREBY THE SWABS MAY BE REMOVED ONE AT A TIME BY SLIDING SUCCESSIVE SWABS FORWARDLY ON THEIR LAYER SHEET OR BOTTOM PANEL AND LIFTING THE SWAB BY THE CENTER PORTION OF ITS SHAFT THROUGH THE SPACE PROVIDED FORWARDLY OF SAID SIDE WALL FLANGES, THE ENGAGEMENT OF THE ENDS OF THE SWABS ENGAGING THE ABUTMENTS AGAINST WHICH THE ENDS OF THE SUCCESSIVE SWABS MAY ENGAGE AS THE SWABS ARE MOVED FORWARDLY CREATING A TENDENCY TO HOLD THE SWABS IN PARALLEL RELATION TO THE FRONT AND REAR WALL PANELS AS THEY ARE MOVED FORWARDLY.