Adhesive pattern for self-sealing container

Claim 1

IN AN ADHESIVE PATTERN FOR SEALING A COLLAPSIBLE AND STACKABLE SELF-SEALING CONTAINER HAVING OPPOSED SIDE PANELS AND END PANELS HINGEDLY CONNECTED TOGETHER IN END-TO-END RELATIONSHIP IN A BLANK OF SHEET MATERIAL, IN WHICH THE RATIO OF THE LENGTH OF A SIDE PANEL TO THE LENGTH OF AN END PANEL IS GREATER THAN ONE AND LESS THAN TWO, SIDE PANEL AND END PANEL CLOSURE FLAPS EXTENDING FROM AND HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO THE EDGES OF SAID SIDE PANELS AND END PANELS RESPECTIVELY, SAID FLAPS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY COEXTENSIVE IN LENGTH WITH RESPECT TO THEIR CONNECTED PANELS, THE WIDTHS OF SAID END PANEL CLOSURE FLAPS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO EACH OTHER AND LESS THAN ONE-HALF OF THE LENGTH OF SAID PANEL FLAPS, THE WIDTHS OF SAID SIDE PANEL CLOSURE FLAPS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO EACH OTHER AND NOT GREATER THAN ONE-HALF OF THE LENGHT OF SAID END PANEL CLOSURE FLAPS, SAID FLAP IN THE COLLAPSED POSITION OF THE CONTAINER BEING DISPOSED IN FACE-TO-FACE CONTACTING RELATIONSHIP WHEREBY TWO OF THE DIAGONALLY OPPOSED END PORTIONS OF THE RESPECTIVE SIDE PANEL CLOSURE FLAPS ARE DISPOSED IN OVERLAPPING CONTACTING RELATIONSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER, A COATING OF SELF-SEALING ADHESIVE APPLIED TO ONE SURFACE OF EACH OF SAID PANEL CLOSURE FLAPS, A CONTINUOUS COATING OF SELF-SEALING ADHESIVE APPLIED TO THE OPPOSED SURFACE OF EACH OF SAID SIDE PANEL CLOSURE FLAPS ADJACENT THE ENDS THEREOF OTHER THAN THE SAID OVERLAPPING END PORTIONS, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING A DIGITAL PATTERN COATING OF SELF-SEALING ADHESIVE APPLIED TO THE OPPOSED SURFACE OF SAID OVERLAPPING END PORTIONS OF SAID SIDE PANEL FLAPS, WHEREIN THE ADHESIVE DIGITAL PATTERN COATING IN THE AREAS OF SAID OVERLAPPING ADHESIVE PORTIONS ON SAID OVERLAPPING FLAP PORTIONS ARE INTERDIGITAL WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHE.